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| Some exhibits are displayed out of the main exhibition, especially because of their size. Some of these exhibits are in general not directly related to the main exhibition subject (11th September 1944), but are important items of the exhibition about the WWII air war and the aviation historyu in general . |
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B-17G 42-31188 "Dead Man´s Hand" of 447th
Bomb Group |
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| Part of the elevator of this plane. Note the 447th BG color still on the "cloth" covering the light ribs. | Formation flight of Fortresses of the 447th BG (photo by 447th BG Assn.) | ||
This A/C was the wery last loss of the USAAF by Me 262 Schwalbe. The plane exploded in midair over Czech-German border |
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"Oberhals" JU 88 |
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| General look on the showcase. | Detailed look on the left part of the showcase. | Two detailed looks on the right
side of the showcase. Note the cockpit parts and some of the personal equipment of the
crew |
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| Details
of some instrument labels from the cockpit
(right) the tail wheel. It has a "Dunlop" / made in Germany stamp. Very curious. |
A flying boot. No comment...
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Pieces from the brooken engine (also
below)
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Deatils of the oxigen bottle, some hydraulics, fuel gap with deaerator (far right bottom). Do you have idea wha tis the metal strip with lettering front of the bottle? I think, this could be a part of the fuel tank mounting band... (?) |
| This exhibit is a result of one of our early
recoveries, fall into 1986-88. This was a Ju 88 crashlanded in peat moor between Horni
Halze (Oberhals) and Kovarska. The plane was totaly destroyed during the crashland on
early mooring fog. The four airmen crew was killed on impact. Not more than a half mile away from this plane crashed some months later the B-17 42-97806 of Lt. Baker (see in section 3, room III.) |
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Me 262 - part of the JUMO 004 and the Me 262 experimental external fuel tank |
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| On 5th Anniversary of the Museum, 13th September 2003 we get an unusual gift. This was about 1/3 part of the JUMO 004 engine, which powered Me 262. This great exhibit was donated by Mr. Roman Juricka from Cheb, CZ who saved it from the threat of scrap salvage. It after the war it was used in a high technical school as an education aid, but it was longer abanonded. This is a middle part of the turbine in great condition, contains many manufacturing stamps and also a penetration by US 0.50 caliber ammo. |  blue section show what part we have (click to enlarge) |
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| Two Me 262 pilots, Alfred Ambs (center) and Helmut Detjens (right) explains to Petr Frank of the Museum "how it works..." | Possible
catalogue numbering... 109.004.102.00??20... |
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may be this number... ? the engine serial number? 101 3011992 |
One of six cans of the can annular combustion chambers. Note the cutted away container - because of the former educational purpose of this exhibit |
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| the penetration hole by US 0.50 caliber ammo | Terrible transportation of this great and too heavy exhibit to the museum - It was only moved eight men... (27. 9. 2003) | The exhibit wait for final designing of the area around. Other photos available upon request | Experimental wooded fuel tank build for the night version of Me 262. More we post many months ago on the - parts ID page |
Wall arrangements - various exhibits and panels |
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| Panel dedicated to our "sister" museum, the 100th BG Memorial Museum in Thorpe Abbotts, England. If you have trip to England, you might to visit this great place - old base of the 100th BG near of Diss, Norfolkshire. | Panel remembering (along of other exhibits in the Museum) the fight and current activities of Czechoslovak airmen in WWII | ||
Various exhibits in the Additional area |
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| Once very frequent tool, but now very unusual exhibit - a wheel skid from Zwickau airfield, where FW 190s and other planes were repaired. It survived all the years in garage of Erwin Landgraf, former ZG 26 pilot. Donated by his son Günter Landgraf. The exhibit still smell by great airplane odorand... | The door into Room I. is guarded by bended prop blade from Russian Mitchel, the B-25 lend leased by USA. The airplane crashed in Czechoslovakia on Spring 1945 | ||
The cultural meeting room |
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| While building of the Museum in 1997, we have re-build also this room on side of the Museum, which we are using as amentities and the HQ for our Airmen Reunions and other actions for veterans and for public people. On the left photo is an example fronm our wall with memories and memorial certificates. On the right photo is a moment from JG4 Fliegerstammtisch 2002 | The
room hosts veterans meetings... On the photo is the 2002 JG 4 and JG 7 Fliegerstammtisch |
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room hosts meetings of former enemies... ... friends now. On the photo from 2002 are battle participants from 100th BG, JG 4 and JG 7 |
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