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  • Group of airframe and engine parts with gauge face,maker marked with some original paintwork remains from American B17 flying fortress bomber number 42-102442 named swiss miss of 384th Bomber Group crashed on the 7th July 1944 over England

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    This is a large group of airframe and engine parts and the rare bit a section of a large gauge of some sort still with markings on it from b17 flying fortress bomber number 42-102442. The Airframe and engine parts 7 of them in all they still have some of there original paintwork remains very clear to see black paintwork and with some and some original colours clear to see the parts do have some damage from the crash they have ripped and bent by the impact of the crash also melted in the fire  they are in nice solid condition and have been very well cleaned they are perfect for display or any collection they are 2-6 inches long in size nice bits of B17 bomber. The parts were recovered from  B17 flying fortress bomber number 42-102442 named swiss miss of 384th Bomber Group crashed on the 7th July 1944 over England. The parts come with a laminated A5 information card.

    B17 flying fortress bomber number 42-102442 named swiss miss of 384th Bomber Group crashed on the 7th July 1944 in a mid-air collision with B-17 bomber 44-6147 during assembly for a raid on Leipzig The swiss miss crashed at Withersfield, near Haverhill in Suffolk the plane was credited with 32 combat missions. 

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