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

[Snautzer01]

Leitwerk Henschel HS 293, Bodendund, Rarität | eBay

for comperison to o.p. piece.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Looks like it's made of cement.

 

[Truffle Pig]

Asked the seller about dimension and weight. His answer:
"Am still working. But I think I know the dimensions. Approx. 60 cm long, 28 cm deep and 5 cm thick. All approximate dimensions. Weight about 4-5 kilograms."

For comperison to o.p. piece: 105 cm long, 38 cm deep and 10 cm thick. Weight about 2.8 kg.

 

[skyskooter]

It certainly does look as if it is made of cement. Not unique at this stage of the War with the shortage of strategic materials. The Blohm & Voss Bv 246 Hagelkorn had high aspect ratio wings formed of cement around a steel spar. One wonders how good the aero elasticity was.

 

[Truffle Pig]

It certainly does look as if it is made of cement. Not unique at this stage of the War with the shortage of strategic materials. The Blohm & Voss Bv 246 Hagelkorn had high aspect ratio wings formed of cement around a steel spar. One wonders how good the aero elasticity was.

The seller wrote in the ad that the part is made of duralumin

 

[poprune]

In the 7th photograph on the first page, there are some things that look like struts in the backgroud, plus something (padded?). I don't know if this is relevant or whether it's a red herring, but it might be worth asking the owner what they are.

 

[Elvis]

Unknown german ww2 wing. Aircraft? Flying bomb? Rocket?
That piece seem a bit small.
Could it be a horizontal stabilizer for an Hs293?

 

[MiTasol]

The seller wrote in the ad that the part is made of duralumin

Corroded and pitted like that would suggest a magnesium alloy rather than an aluminium one.

The weight would support it being an Mg or Al alloy.

You certainly start some interesting threads Truffle Pig. Thank you for the mental exercise.

 

[spielkind]

Hi together,
maybe it's the hull of Sondergerät SG 113 "Förstersonde", a special weapon used to shoot vertically 2+2 missiles downwards on tanks when flying over them. Rockets were automatically released when passing the tanks by a fluxgate-magnetometer - in german "Förstersonde" named as its inventor Friedrich Förster.
Here an example mounted to a FW190 F-8:

Manufacturer Rheinmetall-Borsig/Hermann-Göring-Werke, caliber barrel 7,7cm, caliber projectile 4,8cm, armor piercing (tungsten core), weight projectile 1,9kg, weight complete unloaded 48kg. complete length 1650mm, length of barrel 1600mm, muzzle speed 650 m/s, recoilless.

Would be quite a rare part, if it would match, no doubt!
Hope it helps.

Spielkind

 

[MiTasol]

Very nice find but it lacks the 8 distinctive bolt holes on each surface and has an attachment angle on each surface that the mystery item lacks. That said you have opened up a new can of worms that may well lead to the answer, especially given that the mystery item is painted the same colour "top and bottom". That, and the colouring, supports the idea it fits under the aircraft which was why I first looked for a ventral fin.

 

[SaparotRob]

Hi together,
maybe it's the hull of Sondergerät SG 113 "Förstersonde", a special weapon used to shoot vertically 2+2 missiles downwards on tanks when flying over them. Rockets were automatically released when passing the tanks by a fluxgate-magnetometer - in german "Förstersonde" named as its inventor Friedrich Förster.
Here an example mounted to a FW190 F-8:
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Manufacturer Rheinmetall-Borsig/Hermann-Göring-Werke, caliber barrel 7,7cm, caliber projectile 4,8cm, armor piercing (tungsten core), weight projectile 1,9kg, weight complete unloaded 48kg. complete length 1650mm, length of barrel 1600mm, muzzle speed 650 m/s, recoilless.

Would be quite a rare part, if it would match, no doubt!
Hope it helps.

Spielkind

That's something I never knew of before. Very informative. Thanks.

 

[Truffle Pig]

Hello,
After so many years of silence surrounding this unknown object, I have decided to donate it to the Buchenwald Memorial collection. For while its original function remains entirely unclear, there is no doubt that it originated from Heerbrandt-Werke AG in Raguhn, near Dessau. And it was precisely there that, for two months in 1945, one of the many satellite camps of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located, where aircraft parts were manufactured by 500 Jewish women and girls. Since, moreover, there are currently no original objects from this factory in the Buchenwald Memorial's collection, this item is a meaningful addition to the museum's collection.
The handover was also an opportunity for me to visit this important memorial site in person. A visit I can only strongly recommend to everyone!