This is a totally rare airframe part which is a landing skid actuator guide sleeve from the famous German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.
The part is a very clean aluminium section which is in very nice condition and still retains all of its original colour and has some gray paintwork remains. The part is straight and not damaged by the impact of a crash or destruction on the runway it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 11 inches long by 1 inches wide and is a very rare one for display or any collection. This is one of the first times ever I have had a part from one of these famous jet fighters it is from German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet recovered from an old dump site on the old Luftwaffe airfield at Brandis near Leipzig which based Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets from mid-1944.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures and diagrams.
Home base for the I./JG400 (first group of the 400th Fighter Wing), the Luftwaffe's first dedicated Komet wing. It served as the base from July 1944 until the end of the war. The first combat operations with the Me 163B took place from Brandis in July 1944.
This is a totally rare airframe part which is a landing skid actuator guide sleeve from the famous German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.
The part is a very clean aluminium section which is in very nice condition and still retains all of its original colour and has some gray paintwork remains. The part is straight and not damaged by the impact of a crash or destruction on the runway it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 11 inches long by 1 inches wide and is a very rare one for display or any collection. This is one of the first times ever I have had a part from one of these famous jet fighters it is from German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet recovered from an old dump site on the old Luftwaffe airfield at Brandis near Leipzig which based Messerschmitt Me 163 Komets from mid-1944.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures and diagrams.
Home base for the I./JG400 (first group of the 400th Fighter Wing), the Luftwaffe's first dedicated Komet wing. It served as the base from July 1944 until the end of the war. The first combat operations with the Me 163B took place from Brandis in July 1944.
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