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It was posted on ebay Germany and I was looking to buy a semi cheap WW2 seat for my sitting Mannequin. Alas, I am not rich enough to buy a P-47 seat :(

Zidak, I have a hard copy of the B-24 Parts Catalog which I am selling (that and other manuals). If you are interested email (I prefer paper copy over digital due to old eyes :)

Anyone know where this seat belongs to?

Hell, I would have bought them for a small price, but I do not know if they were advertised here :)

Try sending him a PM?

So let me guess, those awesome museum quality pieces ended up as stools, too?

You found a B-17G, the part with number 75-5127-410, is a part from the flap assembly in the wing. Ok, I should have gone to the end of the threat, then I would have seen that you already knew this information.

The 41-28**-* series of parts are all located within the main undercarriage group of components. What was it? The B-17 was a G-model so far.

Do yourself a favor and stay away from Uwe Benkel and his circus. They are located near Ramstein and everything they do is illegal nowadays.

A US .50 might be pretty safe, but as with any round, if it cooks of, the bullet will not just fall off, it will separate from the casing like it would when fired, just no barrel to aim it.

On Friday the 4th of September, we had a memorial unveiling ceremony for the crew of B-17F 42-3195. She belonged to the 305th BG and went down at Waldenrath on 14 October 1943, during the second Schweinfurt Raid. The Fisher crew was shot down by enemy fighters and 4 men perished. Of those, LT...

Here is a photo of the crash-site. She came down to the left of the silver car, closer to the row of trees in the background.

Alas, my job in the military has kept me very busy the last few years, but I have visited the crash-site and have and still am in contact with the family of LT Carl Booth and even talked to the daughter of the pilot a few days back. I wish I would have known about SSG Fink prior. I could have...

My grandfather fought in the German Navy as a medic in WW2, my dad served in the RAF and my mom was a member of the Jungvolk (Hitler Youth for youngster), my wife on the other hand is black. So who should I hate, my grandfather, who was drafted and did his duty, my dad's country for carpet...

Jocke, I have been involved in the recovery of two Lancasters with a total of seven crewmembers still in the wrecks. Our last recovery was Lancaster JB221 with four crew still inside. Danny