ID landing gear.

Hi Vga,

I start to doubt about the 410, I’ve found the manual of the 410 and there are some good images from the landinggear which clearly shows a universal joint. That one I can not see on the photos I have. A link to the manual: http://www.germanluftwaffe.com/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/m/Messerschmitt/Me%20410/Luft%202410%20Teil1_5.pdf
If you go to part 2 you find the images. Of course still possibible that the 210 was differend.
People who were on the site said it should be te remains of a HawkerTyphoon, did theTyphoon had the same landinggear as the Hawker Tempest?

Regards,

Mathieu.

Here’s Cosford’s Me410 courtesy of Dave Wadman and the Aircraft Resource Centre:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/201-300/walk205_Me410/images…

Hi Vega ECM,

That is a good one! Unfortunately I had to delete the photos on the owners demand ( a municipal were the dicovered the wreck ). I’ll search for images of the 410 landing gear, particular of the wheelbay.

Merry chrismas,

Mathieu.

Try getting hold of a copy of “Flugzeug – Fahrwerke” by Gunter Sengfelder as this is the definitive work on German Landing Gear. I could give a definite id if I could make out the arrangement of the mid strut stays but the pictures were just too dark.

99% sure its Me210 or 410 as this would be the only single strut gear in theatre with a twisting mechanism and no permanent triangulated side stay.

Post number 3 actually got the name right as the Me 210/410 was also called the Hornet…….was that what he meant?

Happy Christmas

Hi Vega ECM,

That is a good one! Unfortunately I had to delete the photos on the owners demand ( a municipal were they dicovered the wreck ). I’ll search for images of the 410 landing gear, particular of the wheelbay.

Merry chrismas,

Mathieu.

Pretty sure its Me210/410, the linkage on the top is the twister mechanism which turns the wheel upon retraction into the bay . A better picture, not a black background would aid the ID.

I had thought ‘190 when I first saw it but having Googled it decided it wasn’t.

It’s certainly long and stalky, just like a ‘190, could it be from the redesigned and later Dora 9, perhaps?

Anon.

Not 190. Nothing like it I’m afraid.

Agreed: my vote is also for Fw190.

I’m going for FW 190 port side leg.

Hi,

Thanks for the replies, also a few americans said that is was not a P38. Hopefully someone is able to give it a ID. At the construction site they stopped the work on the spot were they found the landinggear as it is still possible that they will find remains of the crew. They informed the authorities about their find, lets hope that they can eventually recover the wreck and crew.

Regards,

Mathieu.

my first thought as with Clint was German and JU because of the round holes within the main leg stanchion.

Well we now know not P38, so back to a German type.

It does have a few attributes that look very similar to a Ju88 main undercarriage leg. Perhaps a smaller Junkers type?

I am convinced now its P38 lightning main leg, we need a p38 expert to come on here now.

We have some p38 main gear and doesn’t match some elements are similar.

I am convinced now its P38 lightning main leg, we need a p38 expert to come on here now.

actually it looks a little like P38 main

to thin for an 88, also for 110

Ju-88?

looks German to me

Definitely not Hornet.

The upper half is very different.

No Hornets crashed in the Netherlands… the closest was in Germany.

If it was a high speed impact it could have carried on for a few miles!

Thanks for the information David, someone else mentioned a Hawker Typhoon. Could that be correct?