This is a totally rare part from a German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. The part is a aluminium airframe structure part which is in very nice condition and still retains all of its original colour. The section which are 2 parts connected which still moves and has a clear to see maker marking it has no real damage it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 5 inches long by 3 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 of the airfield.
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 part from a German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. The part is a aluminium airframe structure part which is in very nice condition and still retains all of its original colour. The section which are 2 parts connected which still moves and has a clear to see maker marking it has no real damage it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 5 inches long by 3 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 of the airfield.
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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