Probably a german plane ?

[Matt L]

Sorry folks, it's not from an FW190- the front windshield/armour-glass panel from an FW190 is rectangular; it only looks like a trapezium/trapezoid in a photo from inside because it's so significantly sloped away from the viewer.


FW190A Windshield

It's possible that the narrow end of your piece Ze-Pole, being only 15cm, would be the top since most canopies are wider at the bottom than the top. Birds like the Hs129B-2 had a trapezoidal front panel windshield like this, however its wasn't this narrow at the top so it's not from one of those.

[ze-pole]

Hello,
Thank you Matt L and all for the time you spend for this piece of plane.
ZP

[Scout]

Great pic, Matt.
Very illustrative of both your point....and how cramped the cockpit was.

[Matt L]

Yeah, I have the steel frame from the thick Panzerglas plate behind the windscreen of an Me262 and I'm continually surprised at how small it really is- and it's bigger than that of the '109 or '190.

[Scout]

Do you have a pic?
(I like the 'Schwalbe')

[Matt L]

Yup, here it is- I got a number of pieces acutally including some Panzerglas fragments, a few instrument faces, and a big piece of skin from atop one of the Jumo engines (already posted in another thread.



You can see that even on this plane, the windscreen tapers toward the top- and it's not terribly large, measuring 31.5cm wide at the bottom, 24cm wide at the top and has an overall height of 41cm in the middle.

[Scout]

Thanks for pic.
Looks great.
Nice mount too.
Cant be many 'Schwalbe' items in private hands.
Now you just need the rest of the 'DüsenFlieger!'
This one started with a cockpit, but then they deceided to make a complete nightfighter....