Luftwaffe Hatches

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These arrived in the post today.

Supposed to have been found together in a tunnel in the 262 plant at Oberammegau.

The larger piece I believe is bomber - looks like the correct size, hole count and colour for a Ju88 upper wing fuel hatch. The rubber seal is still intact.

The other is a std wartungsklappe - but paint is RLM 76 so definitely not matched with the other piece and possibly fighter. Got the mechanism to work nicely after cleaning and soaking.

The 262 gun camera had such a hatch - but then again so did most other German aircraft.

Given that one piece is definitely not 262 -probably never know for sure...

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