Used aircrafts in the Ardennes region 1944-1945

[Pvt spivot]

Hello!
I've been wondering which aircrafts where used during the battle of the Ardennes? More specific Boeing aircrafts as we found this piece a few weeks back.
Would it be a crash site or some trinket a soldier/paratrooper would hold with him?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Almost certainly a piece from a crash. Perhaps from an earlier-model (-E or -F) B-17?

 

[Wurger]

It looks like the Boeing Logo from a B-17 Flying Fortress center yoke hub/cap ...

the pic source: the net.

 

[SaparotRob]

Agree with Wurger. I've been wanting to score one of those for my steering wheel for years.

 

[Pvt spivot]

It looks like the Boeing Logo from a B-17 Flying Fortress center yoke hub/cap ...

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the pic source: the net.

A massive thanks!

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

 

[Snautzer01]

Agree with Wurger. I've been wanting to score one of those for my steering wheel for years.

They are out there. Not this one WWII Boeing Aluminum Control Wheel Center Cap as Used on B-17-Fs and Earlier

 

[Snautzer01]

Or when you are drunk and have a credit card Reproduction WW II Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress Mounted Control Yoke Yok 0102 for sale online | eBay

 

[SaparotRob]

If that's a serial number tag I could build a new B-17 around it.