Hi,
Last year I picked up this nice little frame, does anyone recognise it? or does anyone know anything about when and who excavated this aircraft?
Details as follows taken from the label:
BMW 801 cowling badge from Dornier DO217/E4. Wk Nr5573 2/KG40 this aircraft bombed the Hoffman ball bearing works at Chelmsford Essex on the 14.4.43 at 23.30 hrs. shot down near Colchester Essex by Flt.Lt. J.G. Benson DFC 157 Sqdn. flying DH Mosquito NF2 DZ243 found on 3.10.76.
If anyone has seen this item before (maybe an ex museum exhibit or private collection) also if anyone recalls the dig and or history on the raid and aircraft etc.
Thanks again
Dan
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th June 2015 at 19:47
I spy with my little eye the very badge!!! Spot on thank you. Couldn’t wish for a more positive ID.
By: ian_ - 30th June 2015 at 13:43
Now that’s a pretty positive id, Dave! Such a pity the museum has gone.
By: G-ASEA - 30th June 2015 at 12:13
The only photo I have of our display cabinet at Bletchley Park. Not that good a photo. Its the shine disc on the right in the middle.
Dave
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th June 2015 at 07:13
Lovely thanks chaps, is there nothing aviation related at Bletchley Park now? Does anyone have any photo of the old display?
By: ian_ - 29th June 2015 at 19:11
It does look like one of Eddie’s. He liked to collect flat bits he could mount into folders. I believe Tiger Collectables have got some of his collection. The Dornier details are in ‘Blitz Then and Now’ vol 3:
By: G-ASEA - 29th June 2015 at 18:38
We had one of these at our old museum at Bletchley Park some years ago. It belonged to the late Eddie Renyolds who got it from a crash site he dug. After we closed the museum Eddie sold it to a dealer. But I don’t remember who he was.
Dave
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2015 at 15:38
As a point of interest, I understand there are two of these badges per engine, one on the cowling and one of the engine, can any confirm if this is correct?
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