This is a very rare find in lovely condition which is a canopy/cockpit sliding rail bracket from the edge of the cockpit frame.This section comes with all of its original green camouflage paintwork.The part has been nicely cleaned and retain all of its original colour the part has many stamps and markings some are manufacturers part number and drawing number also manufacturing inspection stamps the part is 7 inches long in size. The part comes from the cockpit of British P51 Mustang number FB335 which was shot down over Normandy on the 18th August 1944,the pilot was Polish ace Eugeniusz Horbaczewski and he was killed.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures of the pilot.
On 18 August 1944 Squadron Leader Horbaczewski led 315 squadron of 12 aircraft over France on a 'Rodeo' mission.The Poles, using an element of surprise, attacked a group of 60 Focke wulf 190s of Jagdgeschwaders 2 and 26, over an airfield near Beauvais.E.Horbaczewski quickly shot down three Focke-Wulfs, but went missing during the dogfight. In 1947 the wreck of his Mustang with his body was found crashed near Valennes.
The exact circumstances are unclear; he was probably shot down in combat by an aircraft of II./JG26. The Poles were credited with shooting down 16 aircraft in this encounter, with the only loss their Squadron leader (according to German documents, eight Focke Wulf 190’s of JG26 and four of JG2 were destroyed).
This is a very rare find in lovely condition which is a canopy/cockpit sliding rail bracket from the edge of the cockpit frame.This section comes with all of its original green camouflage paintwork.The part has been nicely cleaned and retain all of its original colour the part has many stamps and markings some are manufacturers part number and drawing number also manufacturing inspection stamps the part is 7 inches long in size. The part comes from the cockpit of British P51 Mustang number FB335 which was shot down over Normandy on the 18th August 1944,the pilot was Polish ace Eugeniusz Horbaczewski and he was killed.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures of the pilot.
On 18 August 1944 Squadron Leader Horbaczewski led 315 squadron of 12 aircraft over France on a 'Rodeo' mission.The Poles, using an element of surprise, attacked a group of 60 Focke wulf 190s of Jagdgeschwaders 2 and 26, over an airfield near Beauvais.E.Horbaczewski quickly shot down three Focke-Wulfs, but went missing during the dogfight. In 1947 the wreck of his Mustang with his body was found crashed near Valennes.
The exact circumstances are unclear; he was probably shot down in combat by an aircraft of II./JG26. The Poles were credited with shooting down 16 aircraft in this encounter, with the only loss their Squadron leader (according to German documents, eight Focke Wulf 190’s of JG26 and four of JG2 were destroyed).
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