This is a lovely pair of reganisable parts of famous Lancaster bomber electrical connector from ignition or electrical system and a manual control lever/valve handle from the cockpit sidewall.
This is a lovely condition pair of parts which still have there lovely shiny original colours with very little discolour.The parts are not to badly damaged by the impact of the crash but do have some damage and they have been very nicely cleaned and are perfect condition for display or any collection and is a nice size at 2 half-4 inches long. The parts come with 2×A5 laminated information cards with many pictures.The part comes from RAF Lancaster bomber R5679 of 61 Squadron coded QR-O was lost on the night of 24/25 September 1942 while engaged on dropping magnetic mines in the shipping lanes of the Frisian Islands and the Baltic.
The bomber was Intercepted and shot down by Lt. Karl-Heinz Brandes (7./NJG2) at 02:13 on September 25 1942 and crashed near Grønhøj, Denmark. There were 23 sorties flown that night, and this was the only aircraft lost.
The whole crew perished in the crash. They were:
Sgt.L.W.Morrison
Sgt.C.N.Caldicott
Sgt.J.A.Duffield (RCAF)
Sgt.A.M.Cormack
Sgt.E.Dyson
Sgt.W.Y.Emerslund (RCAF)
Sgt.T.H.Bevan
They are all buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark.The Lancaster came down at 02.00hrs at Gronhoj, 15kms SW of Viberg. The aircraft exploded on impact.
In 1942, the 7th Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (7./NJG 2) was primarily operating the Junkers Ju 88 C-6b night fighter, which was a modified version of the Ju 88A-4 bomber.
This is a lovely pair of reganisable parts of famous Lancaster bomber electrical connector from ignition or electrical system and a manual control lever/valve handle from the cockpit sidewall.
This is a lovely condition pair of parts which still have there lovely shiny original colours with very little discolour.The parts are not to badly damaged by the impact of the crash but do have some damage and they have been very nicely cleaned and are perfect condition for display or any collection and is a nice size at 2 half-4 inches long. The parts come with 2×A5 laminated information cards with many pictures.The part comes from RAF Lancaster bomber R5679 of 61 Squadron coded QR-O was lost on the night of 24/25 September 1942 while engaged on dropping magnetic mines in the shipping lanes of the Frisian Islands and the Baltic.
The bomber was Intercepted and shot down by Lt. Karl-Heinz Brandes (7./NJG2) at 02:13 on September 25 1942 and crashed near Grønhøj, Denmark. There were 23 sorties flown that night, and this was the only aircraft lost.
The whole crew perished in the crash. They were:
Sgt.L.W.Morrison
Sgt.C.N.Caldicott
Sgt.J.A.Duffield (RCAF)
Sgt.A.M.Cormack
Sgt.E.Dyson
Sgt.W.Y.Emerslund (RCAF)
Sgt.T.H.Bevan
They are all buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark.The Lancaster came down at 02.00hrs at Gronhoj, 15kms SW of Viberg. The aircraft exploded on impact.
In 1942, the 7th Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (7./NJG 2) was primarily operating the Junkers Ju 88 C-6b night fighter, which was a modified version of the Ju 88A-4 bomber.
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