LW wheel

[Acez84]

Found this in a thrift shop today. It has no dataplate, but its in great shape. What would the value of something like this be? Its in lovely condition considering its age.

Been told its the tail wheel for one of these planes:


Fiesler storch 156
Arado 76
focke angelis 223

Or...

Do17
Fw200
He111
JU52
Me 210

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The rubber is in very good condition.

[AndyC]

If it´s prewar then it should not have "Made in Germany" or?


Andy

[Acez84]

I thought so too but apparently it was normal to mark wheels in several languages. French (Allemagne), english and german. I have looked at several different types of tail wheels online and found that almost all are marked "Made in Germany". Even abwurtbehalter wheels have english text. Borrowed two examples:

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I`ll add one more example. Different wheel hub but very similar tyre. Also marked in three languages.

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Picture credit on wheelpicture: member Waffenreich. Thank you for letting me use it as an example here. -Jon