Mag allow engine part with maker markings from German Focke-Wulf Fw 200-C1 Condor of 1. /KG 40 which crashed at Øverås, Finnøy Nordland, shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator on the 25th May 1940 during the German invasion of Norway.
This is a very rare to find mag allow engine part with maker markings and numbers very clear to see.The engine part which has been very well cleaned to its original shiny finish with a couple of other parts still attached it has corroded a bit from laying around and in sea and coastal mud for many years it is still very solid not braking up or falling apart it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 6 inches long. The part which is very hard to find from this particular aircraft a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200-C1 Condor of 1. /KG 40 which crashed at Øverås, Finnøy Nordland that was shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator on the 25th May 1940 during the German invasion of Norway .The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with crash site pictures of what it looks like now.The parts have come from a private collection which the items were collected many years ago directly from the crash sites he visited and found including surface finds or some aircraft that were dug out and recovered all these parts now available for the first time.
The Condor was returning from a mission to Harstad, when it was attacked and shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator (N5705) of 263 Squadron that was based at Bardufoss. The Gladiator was flown by F/O Grant-Ede. The Condor made a forced landing on the shore and burned out. Pilot Oberleutnant Hellmuth Schöpke and feldwebel Eugen Fisher became POW's. Co-pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Messer and Feldwebel Walter Börjesson (flight mechanic) managed to escape. Obergefreiter Kurt Hartleben (radio operator) died of his wounds. He is buried at Narvik War Cemetery (grave 33, block 8, row B1).
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