Collection: WWII 8th Air Force - 2nd Air Division Consolidated B-24 Liberator ENGLAND Crashed Wreckage Fragment (Recovered Suffolk & Norfolk Region)
This collection of original, exceptionally rare, and museum-grade WWII artifacts are one-of-a-kind B-24 wreckage fragments recovered from Suffolk & Norfolk, England. The Suffolk and Norfolk regions of England were the main strategic airfield locations dominated by the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. This Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber aircraft wreckage fragment is a very rare artifact recovered from one of the 8th Air Force - 2nd Air Division (B-24s) that crash landed from post-bombing raid damage over France and Germany. The 8th Air Force - 2nd Air Division (B-24s) comprised the 44th, 93rd, 289th, 392nd, 445th, 446th, 448th, 453rd, 458th, 466th, 467th, 492nd, 489th, and 491st bomb group.
During the early years of WWII, the average life expectancy of an 8th Air Force B-17 and B-24 crewman (based out of England) was only eleven missions. This very rare B-24 wreckage artifacts serves as a solemn reminder of the KIA and WIA aircrew that gave their lives to free Europe from occupied Nazi occupation.
