Unknown german ww2 wing. Aircraft? Flying bomb? Rocket?

[Truffle Pig]

Our second unknown object was found in southern Germany about two years ago in the attic of an old house. Unfortunately the seller couldn´t tell anything about the history.
It is made of aluminum. The inner frame parts are casted and coud be fixed togeter with screws to quick and easy assemble the wing on a tube. Everything is riveted. Green color is original. Dimensions see pics.
The name plate shows the name of a company from Dessau. There is no helpful information to find about that company to identify that object. It seems as it the part was produced 1944/45 at a slave factory and possible in touch to JUNKERS, the main aircraft producer at Dessau.
Our resarch was unsuccessful until now. Maybe it is not a wing? Could it also be a cover?
The type of construction (similar to the wings of the V1, but much smaller) is helpful for quick assembly and easy transport. The producer could be an indication for late war production.
Any suggestions?

Ink stamp: 2030/L
Could mean it is a left wing?

Quick assembling with the help of screws.

Unfortunately the original cardboard tag was missing

 

[Crimea_River]

My initial guess is a Bachem Natter but I'm not sure.

 

[Truffle Pig]

My initial guess is a Bachem Natter but I'm not sure.

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I do not think so, here the main wings are made of wood instead of aluminum and our objekt is smaller, less broad (I believe). But it looks indeed similar.

By the way: the ink stamp is 2060/L, and not 2030/L.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes. I realized after that the material was incorrect. This site once had a good forum for German objects. Deutscheluftwaffe | Instrumente Technik und mehr

 

[Capt. Vick]

My guess is the V-1. It has a tubular spar and the shape looks correct.

 

[Truffle Pig]

My guess is the V-1. It has a tubular spar and the shape looks correct.

That was also my first thought. But in reality the wing of the V 1 is much greater and made of steel. And the V 1 elevator shows mobile parts. So I am very sure it couldn´t be from the V 1. Although the construction idea is so similar. Has there ever been a "Baby-V 1"??
I looked to a lot of late war weapons like Junkers 126, Blohm und Voss BV143 or Henschel Hs293. But all I´ve found were different.
An other track we have followed: At the BELL Hueys the tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabiliser looks a bit like our unknown object. But I didn´t found german ww2 helicopters with a similar looking feature.

 

[mjfur]

Hard to tell from your photo, but I would not expect to see a German late war component with its interior painted green. Typically there isn't any paint on interior surfaces.
It also looks like the ribs are cast as opposed to stamped, which would add cost, complexity for a late war item.

 

[davparlr]

It is about the right size for the V-1 horizontal stabilizer but has no attachments for the elevator.

 

[Truffle Pig]

Hard to tell from your photo, but I would not expect to see a German late war component with its interior painted green. Typically there isn't any paint on interior surfaces.
It also looks like the ribs are cast as opposed to stamped, which would add cost, complexity for a late war item.

You are right, there is green paint in- and outside and the yes, the ribs are cast. I agree, that´s not what we expect 1944/45. My age determination depends not on technical features. It depends on the information on the name plate. And I know, that is not very much. But every information I have found was only from the last days of WW2.
Would be happy if someone could say more.

 

[herman1rg]

Founded in 1861, AG since 1897. Until 1936: mechanical engineering and metal cloth factory. Until 1943: Maschinenbau und Metalltuchfabrik AG vorm. Gottl. Heerbrandt, then Heerbrandt-Werke AG. Manufacture of perforated sheets, machines and apparatus (apparatus for the sugar industry, filter tubes). 1944/45 Manufacture of aircraft parts for the Junkers factories.

 

[Crimea_River]

Note that the cross section appears to be symmetrical about the chord and so does not appear to be a classic airfoil. If not a wing then maybe some kind of a stabilizer.

 

[herman1rg]

List of subcamps of Buchenwald - Wikipedia

 

[T Bolt]

It looks to me as though the top and bottom halves are separate assemblies that are held together by this bolts that pass through the cast ribs. Strange way to construct a wing. I'm thinking what ever it is it is not from and aircraft.

 

[Truffle Pig]

It looks to me as though the top and bottom halves are separate assemblies that are held together by this bolts that pass through the cast ribs. Strange way to construct a wing. I'm thinking what ever it is it is not from and aircraft.

When I first saw it, I thought it was from a rocket (and I was searching for rocket parts to build a stool) .The shape is not typical for an aircraft. But there are so many different projects at the end of the war.

 

[GrauGeist]

It bears a striking resemblance to a V-1's horizontal stabilizer, but lacks the elevator control surface.

 

[J_P_C]

i think it may be part of towed external fuel tank or bomb - anyway extremely rare part of hardware

 

[GrauGeist]

The towed bomb/fuel tank tested behind Me262 V10 had a single mainwing and it was fairly large compared to the OP's wing.

 

[poprune]

Hs293, but I'll have to admit that that's a guess...

 

[MiTasol]

Going by the wiki page that looks like a very good guess.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It's not an Hs 293 wing.

Here is a left wing at the Smithsonian.

(Smithsonian)

Missile, Air-to-Surface, Henschel Hs 293 A-1, Left Wing