Two fins add to a twin!? (BF 110)

[planecrazy]

Love a bit of trivia, so two fins add up to a twin engined BF110, recently I visited the
excellent Australian War Memorial in the nation’s capital Canberra. A must do visit I
suggest even for those not interested in military history, came across the below fin from
a BF 110 and knew it looked familiar but couldn’t think where I had seen it before?!

After a couple of days I remembered, a few years ago I was fortunate to also visit the
Imperial War Museum in London, England where they also have a fin from a BF 110.
Low and behold the same both are from the same machine! Who would have thought
opposite ends of our planet two parts of the same aeroplane displayed for all to see.

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was the top-scoring night fighter pilot of World War
II. He was credited with 121 aerial victories claimed in just 164 combat missions.
Link to Schnaufer below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer

Imperial War Museum port side.




Australian War Museum starboard side.

[Dave Homewood]

I never even saw those fins when I visited either museum, so far as I can recall.

I wonder how many Kiwis he shot down too.

[The Red Baron]

Must have been a pain for the poor painter to paint all those victories on the rudder everytime he got a new plane.It is unusual as late war a lot did away with the individual victories.
When I was in England many mmoons ago I made a point of going to the IWM to see the rudder,I had read a lot about him as a kid and it was neat to see a bit of history like that.