This ls a Perfect condition airframe structure part which is steel made and rounded part cut at either end with all of its original gray paintwork completely undamaged paint pretty much as found straight after the crash it has ripped at one end from the impact of the crash.The bar very solid and lovely part still smooth to the touch which is 12 inches long the part has been very well cleaned it is in fantastic condition and is a very nice part from this famous aircraft which is perfect for display or any collection and a rare one for the collection this nice airframe part.The part was found many years ago hens the condition and it comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.The part comes from German JU87 stuka dive bomber of 1/STG1, shot down and crashed on 27th June 1944 in Belarus during Operation Bagration.
In June 1944, Operation Bagration began which ended with the collapse of the German front in the Soviet Union. I./SG 1 recorded the loss of 27 aircraft in July alone; most of which were Ju 87s. On 1 July it had 41 aircraft, and a month later this force had fallen to 26. It covered the retreat into Poland and fought against the Vistula-oder offensive. Luftflotte 6 flew 140 sorties against the offensive, with the fleet losing eight aircraft. A notable loss was the commanding officer of 7. Staffel Otto Hulsch, a Knight's Cross winner, who was shot down by Soviet fighters from the 16th Air Army. Operation Bagration which cleared German forces from the Belorussian SSR and eastern Poland between 22 June and 19 August 1944. The operation resulted in the almost complete destruction of an entire German army group, with the loss of Army group centre’s Fourth Army, Third panzer Army and Ninth Army. It is considered the most calamitous defeat experienced by the German armed forces during the Second World War. By the end of the operation most of the western Soviet Union had been liberated and the Red Army had achieved footholds in Romania and Poland. German losses eventually numbered well over half a million men killed or wounded.
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