We should not be surprised to see wings broke at a certain place. As tough as it can be, any wing has its weakest point, and it will fail there most of the time.
In these gun cam footage, we see wing breaking more or less at mid wingspan, where FW main spar has a bend to the rear, to make room for the landing gear, and where usually is installed an MGFF cannon with 60 rounds drum magazine, both having a significant mass. Outboard of mid span, then, there is the aileron with its bending moment.
Summing up all these factors, we can guess here we have wing’s weakest point, but, as KG said above, this means nothing. What matters is how much weak it is, when hit by machine gun or cannon fire.
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09-04-2015, 10:57 AM
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