This is an authentic, glass-framed steel large pipework bracket which is rusty but does some of its original steel colour in places it was recovered from a the most famous of Hitlers vengeance weapons the V1 rocket. The relic which is in nice condition making it an attractive and increasingly scarce piece from the very famous rocket.
This part which are torn, bent and distorted by the impact of the crash but remain in good, solid condition and has some original colour in places. The part has been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina.
The relic is 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 part comes from a airborne launched from a German He111 bomber, V1 "doodlebug" flying bomb which at 6:20 am on Christmas Eve (December 24) 1944 this one was intercepted by a RAF fighter it was tipped of course.
The rocket went south and crashed and detonated in Macclesfield Forest close to Teggs Nose and Five Ashes which the explosion caused a large crater spreading wreckage over a large area.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures and map.
Heinkel He 111 H-16 or H-20 twin-engine bombers were fitted with a launch rail under one wing (usually the starboard side) to carry a single V1 cruise missile. The operation was carried out by the Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) "Condor Legion".
In the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 1944, roughly 50 He 111s flew at a very low altitude (around 100 metres) over the North Sea toward the British coast to evade Allied radar. Once they neared the coast (off the Humber Estuary/Yorkshire area), the bombers climbed slightly to about 500 metres, ignited the V1's pulse-jet engine, released the missile on its gyrocompass heading toward Manchester, and turned back to Germany.
Because the air-launch technique was notoriously inaccurate, many of the 45 rockets released that morning failed to launch properly or went wildly off course. The rocket that dropped out of the sky at Grange Moor was one of these stray missiles, falling short and east of Manchester
This is an authentic, glass-framed steel large pipework bracket which is rusty but does some of its original steel colour in places it was recovered from a the most famous of Hitlers vengeance weapons the V1 rocket. The relic which is in nice condition making it an attractive and increasingly scarce piece from the very famous rocket.
This part which are torn, bent and distorted by the impact of the crash but remain in good, solid condition and has some original colour in places. The part has been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina.
The relic is 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 part comes from a airborne launched from a German He111 bomber, V1 "doodlebug" flying bomb which at 6:20 am on Christmas Eve (December 24) 1944 this one was intercepted by a RAF fighter it was tipped of course.
The rocket went south and crashed and detonated in Macclesfield Forest close to Teggs Nose and Five Ashes which the explosion caused a large crater spreading wreckage over a large area.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures and map.
Heinkel He 111 H-16 or H-20 twin-engine bombers were fitted with a launch rail under one wing (usually the starboard side) to carry a single V1 cruise missile. The operation was carried out by the Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) "Condor Legion".
In the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 1944, roughly 50 He 111s flew at a very low altitude (around 100 metres) over the North Sea toward the British coast to evade Allied radar. Once they neared the coast (off the Humber Estuary/Yorkshire area), the bombers climbed slightly to about 500 metres, ignited the V1's pulse-jet engine, released the missile on its gyrocompass heading toward Manchester, and turned back to Germany.
Because the air-launch technique was notoriously inaccurate, many of the 45 rockets released that morning failed to launch properly or went wildly off course. The rocket that dropped out of the sky at Grange Moor was one of these stray missiles, falling short and east of Manchester
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