This is a group of large nice clean aluminium airframe sections there are 3 sections in all.
This group of lovely condition parts still have they nice original colours and black paintwork remains they have been nicely cleaned the parts have ripped and bent by the impact of the crash, the parts are perfect for display or any collection from the famous American bomber. The parts are all around 5 inches long in size. The group of parts are from .American B-17 Flying Fortress, serial number 43-38898, which was known as "Hitler's Hoe Doe" also referred to as "Blind Date. The bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire (flak) and crashed near Tutow while on a raid over Berlin on 3 February 1945. The parts come with 2 X A5 laminated information cards with pictures.
The B17 bomber was part of the 381st Bomb Group, 534th Bomb Squadron (Station 167 at Ridgewell, Essex, England).The raids in February and March 1945, aimed at the Friedrichstrasse Railway Station, Tempelhof marshalling yards, and various industrial sites, command-and-control, and government centres to destroy the city's infrastructure and support the Soviet advance. The raid on the 3rd of February was on Tempelhof marshalling yards.
The bomber crashed in flames and exploded near the village of Tutow near Berlin.
one crew member was killed (Navigator John Kelleher), while the other eight crew members became Prisoners of War (POW). Pilot: Paul Pucylowski (POW)
Co-pilot: Harry Yarnes (POW ) - Navigator: John Kelleher (KIA)
This is a group of large nice clean aluminium airframe sections there are 3 sections in all.
This group of lovely condition parts still have they nice original colours and black paintwork remains they have been nicely cleaned the parts have ripped and bent by the impact of the crash, the parts are perfect for display or any collection from the famous American bomber. The parts are all around 5 inches long in size. The group of parts are from .American B-17 Flying Fortress, serial number 43-38898, which was known as "Hitler's Hoe Doe" also referred to as "Blind Date. The bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire (flak) and crashed near Tutow while on a raid over Berlin on 3 February 1945. The parts come with 2 X A5 laminated information cards with pictures.
The B17 bomber was part of the 381st Bomb Group, 534th Bomb Squadron (Station 167 at Ridgewell, Essex, England).The raids in February and March 1945, aimed at the Friedrichstrasse Railway Station, Tempelhof marshalling yards, and various industrial sites, command-and-control, and government centres to destroy the city's infrastructure and support the Soviet advance. The raid on the 3rd of February was on Tempelhof marshalling yards.
The bomber crashed in flames and exploded near the village of Tutow near Berlin.
one crew member was killed (Navigator John Kelleher), while the other eight crew members became Prisoners of War (POW). Pilot: Paul Pucylowski (POW)
Co-pilot: Harry Yarnes (POW ) - Navigator: John Kelleher (KIA)
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