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German Bomber I.D.?

Just got hold of a German aircraft clock,apparently from a ‘German Aircraft shot down by Priddy H.G. Lewis Gun,August 1940’.Can’t find any record of the aircraft or anything coming down at Priddy on the Mendips….anyone?

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By: hindenburg - 4th April 2014 at 00:48

Excellent…a good trade for bits for my project!!!

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By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd April 2014 at 22:11

Still a collectable clock, though!

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By: hindenburg - 3rd April 2014 at 22:07

Thanks Andy,not what it is mean’t to be ..lucky I didn’t pay a lot then !!,

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By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd April 2014 at 22:00

It looks like a Fl 23885 Version 5, which dates it 1942 – 1945. Certainly doesn’t date from August 1940 I’m afraid.

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By: hindenburg - 3rd April 2014 at 21:55

[ATTACH=CONFIG]227007[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]227009[/ATTACH]
Here it is…no idea on type,no date either,mounted in a rubber seal.was wedged into a antique porcelain clock surround……any ideas?,does it look right…Priddy is on the Mendips .Its still in perfect working order….but I thought it looked a bit too modern for a wartime aircraft…Russian post war even?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd April 2014 at 20:44

As Ian says, sounds like this one….

Clock should probably be a Fl 23885 clock. Have seen Fl 23886-1 or 23888.

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By: ian_ - 3rd April 2014 at 20:07

Sounds like the He111 at Charterhouse, Mendips. Only a few moments flying from Priddy. Would love to see the clock, wish I’d got a nice lump of Stirling….

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By: Whitley_Project - 3rd April 2014 at 19:52

Was priddy the person who shot it down perhaps?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd April 2014 at 19:31

August 14th, as I recall, there was a He 111 in the Mendips. Not sure if near Priddy, though?

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