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Going by the thickness it is probably a trim tab but off what ? If you check for numbers on the parts it may give us a clue to the manufacturer.Can this part be from an arado 66 sea plane ?
After a bit of digging, the part looks like it is a rudder trim tab from an Arado AR196. The Arado 66 had fabric trim tabs.Is it possible the planes with skin did have trim tabs in aluminium ? I will check for stamps/Numbers
Apologies, scrap the Arado 196 idea, the trim tab crank on the 196 is on the Port side. I agree with Wurger, looks very He 111 as in the page from the rigging manual. Question is now which Heinkel came down near there.Thanks , i will check for marks and get measurements next week. It looks very simular to the heinkel photo yes
Could have been trawled up by a fishing boat and dumped when clearing the nets several hours later. We had a nearly complete Corsair trawled up in the 1980's near here, the boat had to drag it twenty KM to harbour to get it released.The part looks like spending a lot of time in the see. Unless it was found buried. If it was not, the sea currents could move it from everywher, even from the sea bottom.
Never mind it could have been shot off while the rest continued to fly.Ok thanks for the help. I see that the nearest heinkel 111 crash i have found is storholmen lighthouse , 10NM from godøya /alnes. Long way for that part to travel