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doug wilber |
September 8, 2008, 1:04pm |
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Peter, Thanks for posting material from the Queen City. Next week is the 64th anniversity of Market-Garden and the deaths of these four Americans. Good luck with your newspaper interview next week.
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peter van der linden |
September 8, 2008, 10:01pm |
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gliderman1 |
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Doug & Peter,
The curve wooden piece does look like part of one of the two (if dual control) steering wheels. The pilot had two pedals, one for the brakes and oen for the rudder. the co-pilot had rudder pedal but no brake pedal. I am not home where I can compare the posted images with other images to identify which pedal(s) for certain.
How long is the elongated triangle piece that is painted gray? The piece was not painted by the factory or the Army. It definitely would have been painted after the crash. It appears to be one of the support pieces of the wooden nose structure that supported that structure in the center of the nose, forward of the steel tubing (if so, it has to be approximately a meter or less in length).
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peter van der linden |
September 9, 2008, 7:25am |
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The piece is painted after the crash and would be les than 1 meter of length. Maybe more to 50,60 cm. Its in the possession of someone in Spain were it hangs on the wall of his home. more pictures at http://www.naranyaweb.com/riannePeter. |
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peter van der linden |
September 19, 2008, 6:42pm |
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Provided by Mr van Opstal from Spain
Its a Family piece taken at some point by his grandfather from the crashspot of the Queen-City. Later it was painted by Mr Piet Brand from Oisterwijk. Its probably a piece from the gliders tail section. Its was painted to remember the period when the armada of aircraft overflew Oisterwijk during Market-Garden. Its a family piece eversince and hangs on the wal of Mr van Opstal's home in Spain. More closeup photo's are in my posession.
Peter.
Doug, Charles Day provided the following information. The part is the outboard end of the rear section of the aileron.... See images. Apparently the piece has bee painted over form the original USAAF color. Peter.
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doug wilber |
September 20, 2008, 2:59pm |
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Charles, Thanks for providing the information on this glider piece. Good job!
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Peter, Thanks for the post. The way your going you might end up with the whole glider.
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