Luftwaffe Aircraft Wheel

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HubertK

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Hello,
I'm writing from Poland. My uncle have found German wheel with Dunlop tire on scrapjard. The size of tire is 770x270. I have been looking for any information about this wheel, but I found only the ME262 prototypes . Some say it can be He 219 front wheel, Ghota Go 242 or Siebel Si 204 main wheels. Maybe you can help us to identify this wheel Below I attach some photos. Sorry for my english



 
I don't think it is a German WW2 era tyre. Especially it's the Dunlop one. It's more likely it's a post-war wheel.
 
Deutsche Dunlop Gummi-Compagnie AG, Reifen, Gummilaufrollen, Hanau/Main [H]. Hersteller = mwu.
 
Snautzer01 said:
Deutsche Dunlop Gummi-Compagnie AG, Reifen, Gummilaufrollen, Hanau/Main [H]. Hersteller = mwu.
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Yes, but with 'Made in Germany' and Fabrique en Allemagne' on it? I've seen a Dunlop tail wheel tyre from a Bf 110 and I'm sure it had neither, I will try to find the photographs I took of it.
I don't think that is a wartime or Third Reich era tyre.
Cheers
Steve
 
I agree with Steve, Because of the 'Made in Germany' and Fabrique en Allemagne' I doubt it is the WW2 tyre.
 
The 'Made in Germany' mark predates WW2 by some margin, I just find it difficult to understand why the Nazi government would use it given its history. Its presence certainly isn't conclusive proof either way, but for me it seems unlikely. I will have a look at other wartime German tyres when I have a chance.
Cheers
Steve
 
I understand your point of view Steve. But I doubt the German factories put the "Made in" in three languages on their tyres while the war was lasting.
 
Wurger said:
But I doubt the German factories put the "Made in" in three languages on their tyres while the war was lasting.
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I agree. I will have a look to see if there was anything like it on other tyres, but it seems unlikely and very 'un-Nazi'.

Cheers

Steve
 
I checked on that a little bit and it appears that it may be true. The Dunlop had a big factory in Germany. Here I found a site with Bf 110E crash site. There were found the remnants of the Dunlop and Continental tyres used with the kite...

Me 110 Sivertsfjell

 
Ar 234V 770x270 noseweel
Ar 234C 770x270 noseweel
Focke-Achgelis Fa 233 770x270 mainwheel
Fw 189 770x270 mainwheel
Heinkel 219 770x270 noseweel
Hs 129 770x270 mainwheel
Hütter HU 211 770x270 noseweel
Me 262 V1 -V4 770x270 mainwheel
Me 262 770x270 mainwheel (oraz 840x300)
Me 263 770x270 mainwheel
Si 204A 770x270 mainwheel
 
Magic info Woodhaven. Your library must be wonderous to provide such information. I am most definitely jealous.

Given that the aircraft you list have somewhat different weights and performance I would suspect that some of those tyres/tires have quite a few more plys than others.

Do you know the ply rating of those tyres/tires and how the Germans identified the ply ratings as that may assist HerbertK?

Mi
 
Many thanks for that list

Cheers
Hubert
 
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