This is a rare to get bit from this particular B17 bomber it is a very large stainless steel airframe structure part from around one of the engines with lovely clear to see maker marking and part number.The large section which has been very well cleaned still its lovely shiny colour with some burn marks from the heat of the engine when it was in place around an engine it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it is in lovely clean condition and very hard to find large size bit of B17 bomber which is perfect for display or any collection and is 17 inches long and 5 inches wide. The part comes from American B-17G flying fortress number #42-31370 of 550 bomber squadron which was returning from a raid on Germany on the 21st February 1944 when it was in a mid-air Collison with B 17 bomber 42-37963.The B17 crash landed at Reedham Marshes in Norfolk.. The part comes with a A5 laminated information card with pictures of the bomber on the tv time team dig it featured on and there is not much about from this aircraft around.
The B17 bomber was returning home from a bombing mission to the Diepholz aircraft depot in Germany. While descending through thick cloud cover on the return flight over the East Anglian coast, it was involved in a mid-air collision with another B-17G, #42-37963 (coded XA-O), which was commanded by 1st Lt. Warren J. Pease.
The crew Captain John Hutchinson, Co-pilot: Chas Curtis, Navigator: John Epps, Bombardier: Edmond Gamble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Kitner, Radio Operator: Bill Dukes, Ball turret gunner: John Erhardt, Waist gunner: Emilio Corgnati, Waist gunner: Pete Bobulsky,Tail gunner: Joer Capinetti, foto-Frank Creegan all 11 were Killed in the crash.
Most of the wreckage was removed shortly after the incident, but enthusiasts have recovered various items over the years, including a propeller. Channel 4's 'Time Team' excavated the crash site of one of the aircraft in 1998, finding, amongst other things, the two machine guns from the ball turret.
This is a rare to get bit from this particular B17 bomber it is a very large stainless steel airframe structure part from around one of the engines with lovely clear to see maker marking and part number.The large section which has been very well cleaned still its lovely shiny colour with some burn marks from the heat of the engine when it was in place around an engine it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it is in lovely clean condition and very hard to find large size bit of B17 bomber which is perfect for display or any collection and is 17 inches long and 5 inches wide. The part comes from American B-17G flying fortress number #42-31370 of 550 bomber squadron which was returning from a raid on Germany on the 21st February 1944 when it was in a mid-air Collison with B 17 bomber 42-37963.The B17 crash landed at Reedham Marshes in Norfolk.. The part comes with a A5 laminated information card with pictures of the bomber on the tv time team dig it featured on and there is not much about from this aircraft around.
The B17 bomber was returning home from a bombing mission to the Diepholz aircraft depot in Germany. While descending through thick cloud cover on the return flight over the East Anglian coast, it was involved in a mid-air collision with another B-17G, #42-37963 (coded XA-O), which was commanded by 1st Lt. Warren J. Pease.
The crew Captain John Hutchinson, Co-pilot: Chas Curtis, Navigator: John Epps, Bombardier: Edmond Gamble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Kitner, Radio Operator: Bill Dukes, Ball turret gunner: John Erhardt, Waist gunner: Emilio Corgnati, Waist gunner: Pete Bobulsky,Tail gunner: Joer Capinetti, foto-Frank Creegan all 11 were Killed in the crash.
Most of the wreckage was removed shortly after the incident, but enthusiasts have recovered various items over the years, including a propeller. Channel 4's 'Time Team' excavated the crash site of one of the aircraft in 1998, finding, amongst other things, the two machine guns from the ball turret.
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