Focke Wulf 200 Condor C-3 Fuel Control Panel

Thank you Michael.

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The only thing missing s the 4th dial – Wannenbehalter inhale.

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Brian, it must read: Wannenbehälter Inhalte , (sump ? – trough ?) container content(s) (not sure about the correct translation)

Michael

I have to keep correcting the wife when she comes to my store room – it is stock – not scrap!

Excellent bit of detective work, Brian!

I see it sold on eBay for £40.00, someone must have money burning a hole to get that piece of scrap.
If it had a provenance then yes I would say it had more value.

Still, despite hundreds of thousands of aircraft built during WW2, so few left today.

Ian and Brad – thank you – I am now 100% sure it is FW200.

Now what to do with it.

I am checking with the restoration in Berlin – but I suspect from the text (commercial aviation history) that they may be rebuilding their C-3 as an airliner in which case it will be irrelevant to them.

P.S. I think that it was originally for sale ( last year) by the Tewksebury ebay seller who I think gets lots of parts form Finland. So this may have been its original crash location.

The last drawing of the desk has it completely. A very good spot Brian! A big lump of a very unusual aircraft.

Brad – further digging through the technical manuals – has this drawing of the desk of a C2.

I think that this is pretty damn close..

The only thing missing s the 4th dial – Wannenbehalter inhale.

Overlaid on photoshop and perfect match..

Looks pretty good to me, like you say just that one dial missing. maybe a modification of some sort. if you haven’t cracked it completely,: im sure your not to far away. but i think you have.

Brad – further digging through the technical manuals – has this drawing of the desk of a C2.

I think that this is pretty damn close..

The only thing missing s the 4th dial – Wannenbehalter inhale.

Overlaid on photoshop and perfect match..

Have to admit it looks a pretty good match, i had this for a couple of months but couldn’t find it. glad i past it on now well done Brian. if you get anymore info please pass it on.
Brad..

Been looking through the technical manual.

This one shows that the forward section of the desk is square edged – but the rear section is curved.

It also shows the expected 4 holes for the sight glasses – two rotary switches for each line and a further switch on the bottom line.

All in keeping with the panel.

Thank you Sir

Wannenbehälter.

A quick clean up shows the following detail on the metal plaques:

1. Rota Aus
2. Wann*behalter Inhalte
3. Samn*e*onnen

To reverse of the Samm plaque is a set of numbers *8 *00 852-03.545

Ian there are the three holes on each fuel line – the two switches and the sight glass. They fit.

There are at least 3 line sets on it – so at least three engine – most likely four.

There were line marking plates on the bottom yellow line down parts and a further one just below the horizontal bar- all fitting with the pictures above.

It also has the hole for the switch on the bottom line as in the diagram below. The yellow lines run over the front edge too.

The only uncertainty for me is the RHS – which does not appear in the photos – where there are two rectangular openings and four circular.

The scale and thick aluminium both fit for me with the images. It is about 60 cm deep.

Attached is the line diagram for the fuel management of a C-3.

Also image of a sight glass in this link

https://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/malvikmarka.html

I’ve looked at that piece a few times, I think the vendor took it Stonleigh militaria fair as well. The fuel line diagram looks right but the holes don’t. The whole scale of the panel in the contemporary photo looks much bigger. The labels are huge compared to the crew member. I was thinking Arado 234 but it isn’t. A difficult one to research!