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This is a very rare Navigation equipment panel with maker label attached to the back of it still with most of its maker markings clear to see. The panel is located in the middle of the fuselage in the Navigator’s position.
This aluminium made panel is missing all of its part attached to front of it and has some damage from the impact of the crash it has ripped and bent. The panel still with lots of original black paintwork it has been very nicely cleaned but is still dirty in places from the recovery but still retains a lot of its original colours and is a nice size at 11 inches long by 6 inches wide it is perfect for display or any collection. The panel is from German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor number 0140 on return from patrol crashed in to mountains in Norway on 27 December 1942.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures also diagram and map.
On 27 December 1942, a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor (Werk-Nummer 0140, code F8+AK) belonging to the Luftwaffe unit 2./I./KG 40 crashed into Mount Kvitanosi in the Stølsheimen mountains of Hordaland, Norway. The maritime patrol aircraft struck the mountain slope in severe winter weather while returning to its base at Stavanger-Sola. Out of the six crew members on board, four were killed—including pilot Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel—while two injured crewmen survived a grueling trek down the mountain to find help. Today, wreckage remains on the mountain, though significant sections (including the port wing) were recovered in 2009 to aid in a major Fw 200 restoration project.
Fatalities (4 KIA):
Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel (Pilot / Officer in Command)
Unteroffizier Adolf Liebscher (Pilot)
Feldwebel Erwin Kopp (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Karl Pech [1]
Survivors (2 injured):
Unteroffizier Walter Schwartz (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Fritz Albrechts (Mechanic)
This is a very rare item from an aircraft flown by a famous German ace it is a electrical distribution box for the MG 131/151 machine guns which distributes and switches power to the aircraft’s armament components,
The box is aluminium made still with some electrical connectors still attached and with lots of original gray paintwork and red undercoat primer still with lots of original colour it is 7 inches long and 4 half inches wide in size it has some damage from the crash and being buried but nothing bad. The box is still very solid and have been very well cleaned it is perfect condition for display or any collection. The part comes from Messerschmitt Bf 110 number 5477 flown by ace Hauptmann August Geiger shot down on 29 September 1943 in the Netherlands. The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures also map and diagram.
On the night of September 29, 1943, the German Luftwaffe night fighter Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 (Werknummer 5477 / squadron code G9+ER) took off from Twente airfield to intercept Allied bombers. Flying with the unit 7./NJG 1, the aircraft was shot down at 20:35 over the Netherlands by British Wing Commander J.R.D. "Bob" Braham in an RAF No. 141 Squadron Beaufighter. The damaged twin-engine fighter plunged into the IJsselmeer (Zuider Zee) approximately 8 kilometres northwest of Harderwijk. Both crew members, the decorated ace Hauptmann August Geiger and his radio operator Feldwebel D. Koch, lost their lives in the crash and are buried today at the Ysselsteyn military cemetery.
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This is a very nice find from the battlefield a German soldiers M1931 pattern aluminium water bottle it is fairly complete but with large amount of battle damage and missing its stopper top. The water bottle has some damage ripped apart in a explosion and from being buried but is very solid and has been nicely cleaned it still has most of its original aluminium colour but with some discolour it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection .The water bottle was used by a German soldier in the 150 Panzer Brigade that was recovered from the ridge overlooking of the village of Malmedy which was the Battlefield of December 1944 in the Ardennes forest, Battle of the Bulge.. This bottle comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards and map.
PANZER BRIGADE 150 – MALMEDY Battle of the Bulge • December 1944
THE BATTLEFIELD The battlefield lies on the north-western approaches to Malmedy in the Ardennes of Belgium, overlooking the town and the Warche River valley. The high ground around Malmedy formed an important defensive position during the German Ardennes Offensive, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Roads through Malmedy were strategically important because they linked the German advance with routes towards Stavelot and the Allied positions farther west.
PANZER BRIGADE 150 AND OPERATION GREIF Panzer Brigade 150 was formed in late 1944 under Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny for Operation Greif. Its original mission was to exploit a German breakthrough, move behind the American front using captured American vehicles and uniforms, and seize bridges over the Meuse River intact. The operation depended on the German spearheads first breaking through the Allied lines.
WHAT HAPPENED When the German offensive began on 16 December 1944, the advance was slowed by heavy resistance, difficult terrain and severe traffic congestion on the narrow Ardennes roads. The breakthrough required for Panzer Brigade 150 never developed. By 17 December its original mission had effectively been abandoned and the brigade was committed as a conventional combat formation in the Malmedy sector.
THE ATTACK ON MALMEDY – 21 DECEMBER 1944 Panzer Brigade 150 assembled south of Malmedy and attacked towards the town on the morning of 21 December. Two Kampfgruppen took part in the main assault while another element was delayed. The Germans advanced with a small number of armoured vehicles, including Panthers modified to resemble American tank destroyers, as well as other captured or disguised vehicles.
The American defenders had been reinforced and were expecting a German attack. German columns encountered mines, roadblocks, small-arms and anti-tank fire, followed by heavy American artillery. Fighting developed on the approaches to Malmedy and on the surrounding high ground. Some German elements made local gains, but the defenders prevented the attack from taking the town. The German assault was halted and Panzer Brigade 150 withdrew to defensive positions south of Malmedy.
THE RIDGE OVERLOOKING MALMEDY The high ground overlooking Malmedy was significant because it commanded the approaches to the town and the Warche valley. After the failed assault, German forces remained in positions south of Malmedy while Allied artillery continued to strike the area. The ridge therefore formed part of the wider defensive and offensive ground around Malmedy during the fighting of the Battle of the Bulge.
OUTCOME The attack failed to capture Malmedy. Panzer Brigade 150 remained in the area for several days under increasing Allied artillery pressure before withdrawing. The brigade's original Operation Greif objective of reaching and capturing Meuse bridges was never achieved. The fighting around Malmedy was therefore a conventional ground action rather than the breakthrough operation originally planned for the brigade.
DATE & LOCATION Malmedy and the surrounding high ground, Ardennes, Belgium • 21 December 1944
This is a German M24 Stick Grenade (Stielhandgranate 24), nicknamed the "potato masher," was the standard German infantry grenade, known for its long-throwing, stick-based design, and reliance on concussive blast rather than fragmentation. It featured a 4.5-second fuse initiated by a pull-cord inside a hollow wooden handle.
The grenade is in good condition for a relic a near complete wooden handle which is maker marked and dated 1944 which is in 2 parts that has broken in the middle also with the remains of its screw base. It is completely empty and inert and the top metal base plate has snd camouflage paintwork remains. The wood is still solid, not breaking apart, it has been carefully cleaned and is nice condition for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from a field near Trun, which we think was a pit dug by the allies where lots of German equipment was thrown in and buried after the battle in the Falaise Pocket, Normandy in France 1944. A nice rare relic from the famous Normandy battlefield. The grenade comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards,map and pictures.
This is a German M24 Stick Grenade (Stielhandgranate 24), nicknamed the "potato masher," was the standard German infantry grenade, known for its long-throwing, stick-based design, and reliance on concussive blast rather than fragmentation. It featured a 4.5-second fuse initiated by a pull-cord inside a hollow wooden handle.
The grenade is in good condition for a relic, featuring a aluminium can with the wooden remains of the handle. It is completely empty and inert. The wood is solid, not breaking apart and is broken not a complete handle, the top of the can still has some original sand colour paintwork and looks like it has ripped and bent in an explosion it has only light surface rust with a few small pin prick holes and the piece has been carefully cleaned and is nice condition for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from a field near Trun, which we think was a pit dug by the allies where lots of German equipment was thrown in and buried after the battle in the Falaise Pocket, Normandy in France 1944. A nice rare relic from the famous Normandy battlefield. The grenade comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards, map and pictures.
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This is a nice and very rare massive centre fuselage section from beneath pilots cockpit the aluminium and steel structure section with lots of its blue undercoat primer paint remains this was only used by Japanese air force. The part still has its steel connector bracket on one side and is a few parts still connected together it has been nicely cleaned and retains a lot of its original colours it has ripped, bent and smashed by the impact of the crash it is 26 inches by 10 inches in size and is perfect for display and a rare one for the collection. The part has been recovered from the crash site of a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter shot down and crashed during the air war over the Island of Guadlcanal from the 1942-1943 battlefield. A very rare part to get hold of from the war in the Pacific.. The part comes with 3xA5 laminated information cards with pictures and diagrams.