This is an authentic, glass-framed pair of aluminium airframe sections recovered from a very famous German Focke Wulf 190 shot down over Normandy . The relics which still retain some colour and a bit of black paintwork but are corroded and pitted from laying around near the surface and is a rare to find part from this particular aircraft which there in not much about at all and a increasingly scarce piece from one of the Luftwaffe's most famous relatives of the Red Baron.
The aluminium sections are torn, bent and distorted by the impact of the crash but remains in good, solid condition. They have been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina.
The relics are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with aircraft information, making it an excellent display piece for any aviation or Second World War collection. The frame measures approximately 12 half inches by 12 half inches.
The parts come from German Focke Wulf 190 number 730909 of 10/JG2 the pilot was Ruthard Von Richthofen he was shot down by a US P-51 Mustang on the 13th July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy
The plane crashed near Argentan. Ruthard Von Richthofen bailed out safely the circumstances of his death are unknown, but it is thought he was shot on the ground by French civilians being buried near the crash site in a unmarked grave. Argentan which was still in German hands so it is thought this would be unwise to kill a German pilot in these circumstances, but such things did happen also it is possible he was strafed from the air.He was he related to Manfred von Richthofen the Red Barron possibly a nephew. He was one of at least three young members of the von Richthofen family to be Killed in World War 2. Johannes was Killed in 1941, the other was an Focke Wulf 190 ground attack pilot, Feldwebel Wolfram von Richthofen, on the Eastern Front, who was posted missing in action just a month before.
This is an authentic, glass-framed pair of aluminium airframe sections recovered from a very famous German Focke Wulf 190 shot down over Normandy . The relics which still retain some colour and a bit of black paintwork but are corroded and pitted from laying around near the surface and is a rare to find part from this particular aircraft which there in not much about at all and a increasingly scarce piece from one of the Luftwaffe's most famous relatives of the Red Baron.
The aluminium sections are torn, bent and distorted by the impact of the crash but remains in good, solid condition. They have been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina.
The relics are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with aircraft information, making it an excellent display piece for any aviation or Second World War collection. The frame measures approximately 12 half inches by 12 half inches.
The parts come from German Focke Wulf 190 number 730909 of 10/JG2 the pilot was Ruthard Von Richthofen he was shot down by a US P-51 Mustang on the 13th July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy
The plane crashed near Argentan. Ruthard Von Richthofen bailed out safely the circumstances of his death are unknown, but it is thought he was shot on the ground by French civilians being buried near the crash site in a unmarked grave. Argentan which was still in German hands so it is thought this would be unwise to kill a German pilot in these circumstances, but such things did happen also it is possible he was strafed from the air.He was he related to Manfred von Richthofen the Red Barron possibly a nephew. He was one of at least three young members of the von Richthofen family to be Killed in World War 2. Johannes was Killed in 1941, the other was an Focke Wulf 190 ground attack pilot, Feldwebel Wolfram von Richthofen, on the Eastern Front, who was posted missing in action just a month before.
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