East Fortune Me 163B 191659
Detail view of the extreme rear fuselage. It shows (hopefully) original German stencilling carefully masked over during the repainting. From left to right it shows:
- 'Sporn vor der Start verriegeln' - Lock tail gear before take-off
- 'Sporneveriegelung Fest - Lose' - Tail gear lock locked - unlocked
- 'Oelfüllung' (I think) - Oil filling point
- 'Hier anheben' - Lift here
- ''Hier aufbocken' - Jack here
Picture by Shamus Reddin, 1999
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