Hinge
I posted pictures from a similar ‘plane from Duxford a while ago. This one is from PIMA and shows the hinge that allows the wings to be swept back for storage on an aircraft carrier. There is a single axis hinge and one flap that falls down to accommodate the movement and then come back together with a continuous aerodynamic surface. It must have taken some working out – I wonder if this was done through drawings or models?











This is an example of Leroy Grumman’s Sto-Wing mechanism. He famously devised it using paperclips and an eraser.
The mechanism is still in use on carrier-borne propeller aircraft such as the Hawkeye and Greyhound.
http://heroicrelics.org/info/grumman-paperclip/paperclip.html