Being offered this item from a local auction house where I live (Didn't sell last auction).
It's a deformed compressor fitting from an crashed Me-109 flown by Luftwaffe ace Leutnant Erick Bodendieck of 4./JG 53. On Sep. 18, 1940 Bodendieck found himself engaged in a dogfight with British ace R. W. Exspring of 66 Sq., jumped as Exspring was involved in a fighter sweep over Kent. The German plane crashed at Guilton Ash, near Sandwich at 5:05 PM after Bodendieck bailed out severely wounded, later to be captured.
Any idea on what this might be worth guys? It ain't much but it's a relic.
It's a deformed compressor fitting from an crashed Me-109 flown by Luftwaffe ace Leutnant Erick Bodendieck of 4./JG 53. On Sep. 18, 1940 Bodendieck found himself engaged in a dogfight with British ace R. W. Exspring of 66 Sq., jumped as Exspring was involved in a fighter sweep over Kent. The German plane crashed at Guilton Ash, near Sandwich at 5:05 PM after Bodendieck bailed out severely wounded, later to be captured.
Any idea on what this might be worth guys? It ain't much but it's a relic.
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