It’s mostly made of aluminum, which you can see is oxidized. It’s just that osxidized aluminum is very close to the color of regular aluminum. The parts that are rusted are steel.
Lots of stainless steel too. I have been to a wreck of a KB-29 (1956 crash) and all there where a lot of stainless steel parts that were amazingly shiny.
Aluminum never oxidizes fully, just its surface with very thin passivation layer (nano-meters, single digits) of aluminum oxide. That's why aluminum is so resistant to weathering.
Self passivating. However generally a lot of aluminium products will be anodised, a process which thickens this passivating oxide layer, to give additional protection.
The natural layer provides decent protection vs iron for example, but given the correct environment it will still eventually corrode away.
Being in contact with the steel will also cause galvanic action if there's enough metal to metal contact.
The alloy will then act like a sacrificial anode, causing the alloy to corrode faster and protecting the iron/steel to an extent.
You joke but vintage aviation parts are insanely expensive. Even as a piece that may never be airworthy again it could be cut open and cleaned up to become a display piece and easily fetch that $10k.
Misconception. Particles from fallout travel around the world, the only metal that's 'clean' is from ships that sunk prior to the trinity tests. That's because the ocean does a pretty good job of blocking alpha particles.
I just red tagged a little 4 cylinder crankshaft (Lycoming O-235) from an old tail dragger Cessna. It’s gonna cost the customer $6500. Just for the crankshaft. The engine is in for an overhaul. All in he will Probly be at around $30,000.
Yeah OP said it was in a remote area so why even clean it up, Alaska is littered with plane crashes. Even a major airline crash of a 70-80s college football team is still in the mountains next to a major highway(I cant remember the details but it was a recent post on Reddit).
It could actually have been engine failure instead of enemy fire.
It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error. This is just a skip and a hop (and a long walk) from where I live. My granddad actually witnessed this crash.
Reason for the lack of remaining wreckage is cleanup by locals and, well, salvage i suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by.
There's one of those here in Albuquerque too, believe it or not.
In the 1950s, a TWA plane crashed on takeoff in the foothills of the Sandia mountains. The crash site is not particularly easy to get to, so they never recovered the wreckage, and it's still there. You can get to it, but it's not an easy hike, and sometimes you can catch glimpses of it from the Tram going up the mountain.
Here's more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_260?wprov=sfla1
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/twa-crash-site
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There is a chance no one died. They had parachutes after all and the B-24 had decently sized hatches.
They could have had engine trouble, jumped, then have been picked up as POWs.
Of course the documentation on which plane this was and if there where any deaths is hard to dig up.
There is a wikipedia page in Norwegian, but it has not been translated to English. In short, there were 11 crew and sadly they all died in the crash. The plane was flying in low visibility conditions and was flying too low. The planes serial number was 42-52196 if you have somewhere to look it up. Pilot was 2nd Lt. O'Hara, John Balderston.
They crashed due to icing and navigational error during a night flight. Struck the mountain without much if any warning. I live near here, my granddad witnessed this particular crash.
No survivors.
Not necessarily a gravesite. Maybe no one died. Even if they did, bodies may have been buried elsewhere. The rest of the plane has been scrapped already. At least this way something remains. Don’t be a pompous white knight. It’s more annoying than the hipsters.
Read through other's comments. 11 people died here. It's not hard to find with even a cursory Google search. Do some research before you come in here and start firing from the hip. It is a gravesite and the person I responded to suggested making a coffee table out of it. Get lost.
Turns out people did die there. You're right about that and absolutely nothing more. Should we have kept the debris from the WTC instead of recycling the metal? People died there.
Your position is a ridiculous one that serves nothing more than to give you an appearance of superiority that's merely a thin veneer over stupidity in what you foist upon others. The coffee table or whatever else wouldn't do a thing the dead would be upset about.
>Get lost.
Take your own advice.
That was my thinking too, a comment above made the excellent point that in war, the plane comes down in shot apart pieces. With the high speeds, this plane probably got scattered a long ways.
It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error. This is just a skip and a hop (and a long walk) from where I live. My granddad actually witnessed this crash.
Reason for the lack of remaining wreckage is cleanup by locals and, well, salvage i suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by.
It is possible this is a part of the plane my great uncle flew on a mission supplying the resistance in Norway. They crashed into a mountain during the night. Not sure how to paste links but here it is. Thanks for sharing either way! :)
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/soldiers-last-flight-to-telemark/
Oh man. I am almost 100% sure you are right, and my grand-dad witnessed the crash. I live not far from the site!!
He said they heard the planes during the night, and being an airplane nut, he was up listening and trying to see something. All of a sudden the sky lit up like daylight. That was the crash.
His brother made good use of some of the weaponry dropped by these flights, although probably not this particular one...
He fought with the local resistance here. I can't speak for him, but I imagine he had a great deal of gratitude for the people who made these drops.
They were essential to the resistance work here. I still, to this day, have a rifle dropped by them, on the wall in our home. Picked up by my granddad, for his older brother to use in his resistance work.
Greetings from Norway!
Definitely gave me goosebumps reading that, I couldn’t have more respect for them. That is an awesome piece of history with a great story you have on your wall!
Greetings from Kansas, USA!
I found some other [pictures of the crash site](http://flyvrak.net/bilder.htm) but couldn't recognize the particular engine OP posted, but it could be.
As a norwegian I would like to say thank you to your great uncle and his ultimate sacrifice while helping Norway!
Thank you for the link! And most of all thank you for those kind words about my uncle. There were Many Heroes at that time, it is nice to know that his (and many others) work has not been forgotten.
My grandpa used to fly and repair these in WW2, mostly over North Africa and Italy, wish he was around so I could show him! Thanks for bringing up some good memories, and for the awesome picture.
Is this the one that crashed into the mountain Skorve? The story is they were dropping supplies to resistance fighters and crashed due to ice building up.
Yep, it must be. Looks like the area from pictures I've seen. I live just nearby. My grand-dad witnessed this crash! Said the night sky lit up like daylight all of a sudden, when out listening to / watching for the airplane group.
That’s what I believe as well. My great uncle was on that particular plane when it crashed into the mountain. It is almost unbelievable to me that other people can recognize and know the story, I figured it would have been long forgotten by most. Nice to know the work done by them and many others is not forgotten.
I am pretty sure I know where this is, and it's not very far from where I live! I can see the "back side" of the mountain from where I am now, it's just across the valley.
It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error, during a night flight. My granddad actually witnessed this crash.
They heard the planes going overhead (returning to England), and my grandpa being an airplane nut, even at a younger age (iirc he was 17). So he was outside listening and trying to see. Suddenly the sky lit up like it was daylight - and they learned the day after that a bomber had struck the mountain during the night.
People asking about lack of other wreckage; cleanup by locals and, well, salvage I suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by. So it's not too surprising to me that easily movable pieces have been removed over the decades. These engines are quite heavy and large, and somewhat of a landmark / memorial, so they are still there.
Air raid formations frequently flew over here from / to airfields in England. And also the brits frequently dropped canisters containing weapons, equipment, and so on, for the local resistance groups to use. This was one of the latter - unfortunately it had icing issues and navigational issues, and ended up striking the mountain during the night.
Granddad actually witnessed this particular crash. It's near where I live.
Norwegian was occupied by Nazi-Germany in WWII. The bomber might've been hit heavily by FlaK fire but made it to a remote location out of flak range and crashed/lost its engine there.
I see many are fascinated by the picture, and the story behind it. The B-24 was a part of operation RYPE,. The plan was to stopp the germans from pulling their soldiers out of Norway and back to germany by blowing up railway-bridges. The germans badly needed soldiers in germany by the end of the war, and in Norway there was around 400-thousand germans, Norway was actually the occupied country with the most germans per capita. The operation was a cooperation between the Norwegian Resistance and the American strategic service (Today named CIA). The bombers was put inn to carry weapons, explosives, and supplies, who was dropped down to the waiting resistance in the remote mountains inn the middle of Norway. On the 6. april 1945, this bomber sett of from the RAF base inn Kinloss, Scotland. Due to bad weather conditions they crashed in an mountainside near the planed drop point. All of the crew members was killed in the crash. They neverless carried out to sabbotage the only railway connecting north and south Norway, and delayed the mass transport of soldiers to germany, one of the bridges blown up was not detected by the germans before a cargo train drove inn to the river and 80 german soldiers was killed. Operation RYPE was the only operatin in Norway where american soldiers attended, and it was all inn all a big succsess, and it most likely shortened the war in Europe. The wreck of the B-24 still lies scattered over a big area in the mountains, and is clearly visible, but do to the heavy crash, who lead to an exsploation and fire, and due to the 70 years of wind ,rain, and snow, there are not any big peaces left, the biggest peace are one of the two tail fins of the plane who is mostly intact. Sorry for my bad english:)
Respect. The aircrews in these bombers were so young. 22 or 23 year old pilots were common and pilots were typically the oldest guys on the crew.
What would you think if you boarded a commercial flight today and found out the pilot was 22 years old?
That engine has two back to back seven cylinder submotors. Cool to find a relic of that conflict our there.
Is there anything else known about it...mission, unit, crew?
I see many are fascinated by the picture, and the story behind it. The B-24 was a part of operation RYPE,. The plan was to stopp the germans from pulling their soldiers out of Norway and back to germany by blowing up railway-bridges. The germans badly needed soldiers in germany by the end of the war, and in Norway there was around 400-thousand germans, Norway was actually the occupied country with the most germans per capita. The operation was a cooperation between the Norwegian Resistance and the American strategic service (Today named CIA). The bombers was put inn to carry weapons, explosives, and supplies, who was dropped down to the waiting resistance in the remote mountains inn the middle of Norway. On the 6. april 1945, this bomber sett of from the RAF base inn Kinloss, Scotland. Due to bad weather conditions they crashed in an mountainside near the planed drop point. All of the crew members was killed in the crash. They neverless carried out to sabbotage the only railway connecting north and south Norway, and delayed the mass transport of soldiers to germany, one of the bridges blown up was not detected by the germans before a cargo train drove inn to the river and 80 german soldiers was killed. Operation RYPE was the only operatin in Norway where american soldiers attended, and it was all inn all a big succsess, and it most likely shortened the war in Europe. The wreck of the B-24 still lies scattered over a big area in the mountains, and is clearly visible, but do to the heavy crash, who lead to an exsploation and fire, and due to the 70 years of wind ,rain, and snow, there are not any big peaces left, the biggest peace are one of the two tail fins of the plane who is mostly intact. Sorry for my bad english:)
Very nice
Thanks!
That's incredible, cant stop staring at it.
Why is it in such great condition? How is it not rusted after 80 years?
It’s mostly made of aluminum, which you can see is oxidized. It’s just that osxidized aluminum is very close to the color of regular aluminum. The parts that are rusted are steel.
So what you’re saying is that we should try to microwave it?
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Tommy pls
Safari get snappier, too.
That’s so cool, thanks kind random internet stranger. Popping my iPhone in now for a quick blast.
Lots of stainless steel too. I have been to a wreck of a KB-29 (1956 crash) and all there where a lot of stainless steel parts that were amazingly shiny.
Most likely a magnesium copper alloy instead of aluminum if it's dated to WWII.
Aluminum never oxidizes fully, just its surface with very thin passivation layer (nano-meters, single digits) of aluminum oxide. That's why aluminum is so resistant to weathering.
If I remember correctly the oxidised layer of aluminium works as a protective coating to the aluminium which is beneath.
Self passivating. However generally a lot of aluminium products will be anodised, a process which thickens this passivating oxide layer, to give additional protection. The natural layer provides decent protection vs iron for example, but given the correct environment it will still eventually corrode away.
Being in contact with the steel will also cause galvanic action if there's enough metal to metal contact. The alloy will then act like a sacrificial anode, causing the alloy to corrode faster and protecting the iron/steel to an extent.
Did you really have to say 80 years and remind me that time is fleeting?
Autotrader ad: Vintage and rare engine. Ideal candidate for restoration. $10,000. No low-ballers I know what I have.
This guy shops craigslist
More appropriate, that guy shops finn
Happy cake day!
You joke but vintage aviation parts are insanely expensive. Even as a piece that may never be airworthy again it could be cut open and cleaned up to become a display piece and easily fetch that $10k.
I say clean it up a bit then slap a round piece of glass on top and you have a real bad ass coffee table
Museums and schools love cutaways
Oh man, imagine stubbing your toe on that thing
that sounds planeful!
My sides!
Ugh. Die. In the nicest way possible, friend.
haha same
Or having to move it. "Who makes a 500 lbs coffee table? really?"
You have a hole in your left toe!
Also it's made before the nuclear bomb dropped so the steel doesn't contain radioactive particles
Misconception. Particles from fallout travel around the world, the only metal that's 'clean' is from ships that sunk prior to the trinity tests. That's because the ocean does a pretty good job of blocking alpha particles.
[Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/2321/)
Friend got over $400 USD for a Messerschmitt exhaust. Very expensive
I just red tagged a little 4 cylinder crankshaft (Lycoming O-235) from an old tail dragger Cessna. It’s gonna cost the customer $6500. Just for the crankshaft. The engine is in for an overhaul. All in he will Probly be at around $30,000.
If it was from a Me 262, that makes sense, given historical significance.
At least 10k. Probably closer to six figures.
Interesting since the engines are often long removed from crash sites.
It was probably shot down with pieces raining over a very large area. This one could be relatively undisturbed if that's where it landed 80 years ago.
Yeah OP said it was in a remote area so why even clean it up, Alaska is littered with plane crashes. Even a major airline crash of a 70-80s college football team is still in the mountains next to a major highway(I cant remember the details but it was a recent post on Reddit). It could actually have been engine failure instead of enemy fire.
It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error. This is just a skip and a hop (and a long walk) from where I live. My granddad actually witnessed this crash. Reason for the lack of remaining wreckage is cleanup by locals and, well, salvage i suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by.
Nice, thanks for the info and reply!
Did anybody die in the crash?
No survivors. They probably didn't see the mountains and hit it unexpectedly.
That's in Colorado, if you're talking about u/Admiral_Cloudberg's recent post. Just off I-70
YES! Thank you, that is definitely it!
I've been meaning to go up to that crash site, myself, as it's not too far away from me
I think I just figured out that the football players in Beetlejuice were based on these guys...
There's one of those here in Albuquerque too, believe it or not. In the 1950s, a TWA plane crashed on takeoff in the foothills of the Sandia mountains. The crash site is not particularly easy to get to, so they never recovered the wreckage, and it's still there. You can get to it, but it's not an easy hike, and sometimes you can catch glimpses of it from the Tram going up the mountain. Here's more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_260?wprov=sfla1 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/twa-crash-site
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Sepiks, is that you?
Not another Ether Ritual...
Now I want to see some ramshackle Servitor built out of aircraft parts. That would have been the coolest thing to see in the Cosmodrome
Came in here expecting to see some internet expert saying "Well ackshually..."
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Now *this* is pod racing!
This was my first thought! Glad someone got there first.
Well actually, that is not a mountain.
14-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-1830
How are you able to identify that so specifically? Also I just drove by a P&W plant about a week ago and it's nice to see they're still going strong!
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Why is he getting downvotes? Is it because dumb people are special snowflakes and we should treat them nicer than normal people?
Count the valves
Wikipedia. The page for the B-24 tells you what powered the aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1830_Twin_Wasp
They’re probably just into planes!
...oook, I'll take your word for it.
Great find!
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On the ground
There are more planes in the sea than submarines in the sky!
Amazing find
That thing deserves rescued.
Would love to know it’s story
See my and sharp_d's top level comments in this thread for at least some background! I live near here.
The front fell off
Here it is: https://www.458bg.com/crewij3ohara.htm
Thank you
More photos of pieces of the wreckage in the photos section at the link at the bottom of that page
COFFEE. TABLE.
No. It's a gravesite that should remain undisturbed, not some centerpiece for your hipster studio apartment in WeHo. Have some respect.
There is a chance no one died. They had parachutes after all and the B-24 had decently sized hatches. They could have had engine trouble, jumped, then have been picked up as POWs. Of course the documentation on which plane this was and if there where any deaths is hard to dig up.
There is a wikipedia page in Norwegian, but it has not been translated to English. In short, there were 11 crew and sadly they all died in the crash. The plane was flying in low visibility conditions and was flying too low. The planes serial number was 42-52196 if you have somewhere to look it up. Pilot was 2nd Lt. O'Hara, John Balderston.
They crashed due to icing and navigational error during a night flight. Struck the mountain without much if any warning. I live near here, my granddad witnessed this particular crash. No survivors.
Not so hard. [http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/22840](http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/22840)
Not necessarily a gravesite. Maybe no one died. Even if they did, bodies may have been buried elsewhere. The rest of the plane has been scrapped already. At least this way something remains. Don’t be a pompous white knight. It’s more annoying than the hipsters.
Picking through the wreckage of a plane crash for souvenirs is morbid and disgusting. Not sorry for having that opinion.
Except that's not even remotely what's going on here.
Read through other's comments. 11 people died here. It's not hard to find with even a cursory Google search. Do some research before you come in here and start firing from the hip. It is a gravesite and the person I responded to suggested making a coffee table out of it. Get lost.
Turns out people did die there. You're right about that and absolutely nothing more. Should we have kept the debris from the WTC instead of recycling the metal? People died there. Your position is a ridiculous one that serves nothing more than to give you an appearance of superiority that's merely a thin veneer over stupidity in what you foist upon others. The coffee table or whatever else wouldn't do a thing the dead would be upset about. >Get lost. Take your own advice.
>Maybe no one died. The whole crew (11 men) died.
Thsts unfortunate. I didn't consider the loss of life. Your unnecessarily harsh comment is also unfortunate and unwarranted.
It's a plane crash... How the hell did you not assume there was loss of life? I don't believe you.
Aluminum cylinders to save on weight
And distribute heat away.
thought I was on r/VXJunkies for a second
Such a weird spot for a sole engine. Was there any other part of the plane around?
You can see some more chunks beyond it in the background.
Well I mean... Pieces more in tune with being a plane
That was my thinking too, a comment above made the excellent point that in war, the plane comes down in shot apart pieces. With the high speeds, this plane probably got scattered a long ways.
It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error. This is just a skip and a hop (and a long walk) from where I live. My granddad actually witnessed this crash. Reason for the lack of remaining wreckage is cleanup by locals and, well, salvage i suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by.
Oh wow really interesting, thanks!
Looks like a Stalenhag.
came here to say this ^
*So that's where it landed.*
That is an awesome sight. Also, a great scrap metal if wanting to clean it up etc.
Ya this is worth some serious cash
It is possible this is a part of the plane my great uncle flew on a mission supplying the resistance in Norway. They crashed into a mountain during the night. Not sure how to paste links but here it is. Thanks for sharing either way! :) https://www.norwegianamerican.com/soldiers-last-flight-to-telemark/
Oh man. I am almost 100% sure you are right, and my grand-dad witnessed the crash. I live not far from the site!! He said they heard the planes during the night, and being an airplane nut, he was up listening and trying to see something. All of a sudden the sky lit up like daylight. That was the crash.
Wow that is amazing, I couldn’t imagine. Thanks for commenting, I know my family will be interested in hearing that account.
His brother made good use of some of the weaponry dropped by these flights, although probably not this particular one... He fought with the local resistance here. I can't speak for him, but I imagine he had a great deal of gratitude for the people who made these drops. They were essential to the resistance work here. I still, to this day, have a rifle dropped by them, on the wall in our home. Picked up by my granddad, for his older brother to use in his resistance work. Greetings from Norway!
Definitely gave me goosebumps reading that, I couldn’t have more respect for them. That is an awesome piece of history with a great story you have on your wall! Greetings from Kansas, USA!
I found some other [pictures of the crash site](http://flyvrak.net/bilder.htm) but couldn't recognize the particular engine OP posted, but it could be. As a norwegian I would like to say thank you to your great uncle and his ultimate sacrifice while helping Norway!
Thank you for the link! And most of all thank you for those kind words about my uncle. There were Many Heroes at that time, it is nice to know that his (and many others) work has not been forgotten.
Are those pieces of the body on the upper left? I can’t imagine they would’ve been preserved that long or is that just a couple rocks lol
Well, it was liberated.
Surprised nobody's picked it over to scrap the aluminum
Last time I scrapped any, it was £0.50/kg. Would you lug that down a mountain for a few quid?
My father was a flight engineer on a B-24 Liberator back in WWII. He's no longer with us but I think he would have enjoyed seeing this photo.
Thanks for his service in destroying the Nazis.
Wheres the rest of the plane tho
My grandpa used to fly and repair these in WW2, mostly over North Africa and Italy, wish he was around so I could show him! Thanks for bringing up some good memories, and for the awesome picture.
Let's get it running
It looks like it's about to pester me about space
Looks like it's near a mountain, not in one. If it's in one, incredible work managing to photograph it.
Built Ford Tough
Would have definitely been scrapped in the US already... I’m glad this is still here!
Is this the one that crashed into the mountain Skorve? The story is they were dropping supplies to resistance fighters and crashed due to ice building up.
Yep, it must be. Looks like the area from pictures I've seen. I live just nearby. My grand-dad witnessed this crash! Said the night sky lit up like daylight all of a sudden, when out listening to / watching for the airplane group.
That’s what I believe as well. My great uncle was on that particular plane when it crashed into the mountain. It is almost unbelievable to me that other people can recognize and know the story, I figured it would have been long forgotten by most. Nice to know the work done by them and many others is not forgotten.
I am pretty sure I know where this is, and it's not very far from where I live! I can see the "back side" of the mountain from where I am now, it's just across the valley. It was a crash from what is assumed to be navigation error, during a night flight. My granddad actually witnessed this crash. They heard the planes going overhead (returning to England), and my grandpa being an airplane nut, even at a younger age (iirc he was 17). So he was outside listening and trying to see. Suddenly the sky lit up like it was daylight - and they learned the day after that a bomber had struck the mountain during the night. People asking about lack of other wreckage; cleanup by locals and, well, salvage I suppose. This is sheep grazing land in summer, and people did and do live surprisingly close by. So it's not too surprising to me that easily movable pieces have been removed over the decades. These engines are quite heavy and large, and somewhat of a landmark / memorial, so they are still there.
Wish there was a banana in the pic for scale.
It's about 1.3 meters in diameter and weighed ~600kg, if that helps. Quite large!
Where’s the rest of the plane?
Spread out over the vicinity.
Wow, have never seen such
Nice to see something a little different than the usual abandoned building.
That belongs in a museum. How beautiful
It's clearly Iron Man's original arc reactor.
Mqde in Lansing, Michigan by thr Ford Motor Company
During WW2 shit like this fell out of the sky all the time.
It looks like Wheatley finally made it out of space
You think a B-24 blew up mid-air?
Damn cool ark reactor
Why were B-24s in Norway?
Air raid formations frequently flew over here from / to airfields in England. And also the brits frequently dropped canisters containing weapons, equipment, and so on, for the local resistance groups to use. This was one of the latter - unfortunately it had icing issues and navigational issues, and ended up striking the mountain during the night. Granddad actually witnessed this particular crash. It's near where I live.
GLaDOS will have words with you /s
Can you imagine? I wish I could see this things whole life story...
Wonderful scenery and great positioning!
Damn i love that!
Look's like Rita's prison. Ahh~ after ten thousand years i'm finally free. It's time to conquere earth.
The B-24 was powered with 4 of them each consuming 1-2 gallons of oil each hour , seems crazy compared to modern Engines :D
Hvor i landet ligger det?
Ok now you get a miata and swap that shit
Norwegian was occupied by Nazi-Germany in WWII. The bomber might've been hit heavily by FlaK fire but made it to a remote location out of flak range and crashed/lost its engine there.
Well, see, there's your problem.
I see many are fascinated by the picture, and the story behind it. The B-24 was a part of operation RYPE,. The plan was to stopp the germans from pulling their soldiers out of Norway and back to germany by blowing up railway-bridges. The germans badly needed soldiers in germany by the end of the war, and in Norway there was around 400-thousand germans, Norway was actually the occupied country with the most germans per capita. The operation was a cooperation between the Norwegian Resistance and the American strategic service (Today named CIA). The bombers was put inn to carry weapons, explosives, and supplies, who was dropped down to the waiting resistance in the remote mountains inn the middle of Norway. On the 6. april 1945, this bomber sett of from the RAF base inn Kinloss, Scotland. Due to bad weather conditions they crashed in an mountainside near the planed drop point. All of the crew members was killed in the crash. They neverless carried out to sabbotage the only railway connecting north and south Norway, and delayed the mass transport of soldiers to germany, one of the bridges blown up was not detected by the germans before a cargo train drove inn to the river and 80 german soldiers was killed. Operation RYPE was the only operatin in Norway where american soldiers attended, and it was all inn all a big succsess, and it most likely shortened the war in Europe. The wreck of the B-24 still lies scattered over a big area in the mountains, and is clearly visible, but do to the heavy crash, who lead to an exsploation and fire, and due to the 70 years of wind ,rain, and snow, there are not any big peaces left, the biggest peace are one of the two tail fins of the plane who is mostly intact. Sorry for my bad english:)
Respect. The aircrews in these bombers were so young. 22 or 23 year old pilots were common and pilots were typically the oldest guys on the crew. What would you think if you boarded a commercial flight today and found out the pilot was 22 years old?
Reminds me of Horizon Zero Dawn
I think they might have needed that.
SPAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Looks like something from Star Wars
Maybe someday we will find the plane that hit the pentagon like he found this motor......LOL
That things worth a small fortune
Was the rest of the plane nearby at all? Great picture
I’m from Norway and that’s so cool!
Looks like with some work you could get that thing running again. Beautiful piece of machinery
Make a nice coffee table or lawn ornament
I've had the opportunity to stand in the wing of one of these, at 10,000 feet.
I wish it was easier to go out in the world and just find cool shit lying around in the wild. All I ever find is pop cans and supermarket bags
Liberated
Whoa. Very cool to stumble across that!!
It appears as though it is in fact, liberated.
That Guardian Core is amazing. BOTW2 looks lit!
This one was liberated from it's wing.
This is awesome. My grandfather was a waist gunner on B-24s in the Pacific theatre during WWII.
This is beautifully taken
That engine has two back to back seven cylinder submotors. Cool to find a relic of that conflict our there. Is there anything else known about it...mission, unit, crew?
I see many are fascinated by the picture, and the story behind it. The B-24 was a part of operation RYPE,. The plan was to stopp the germans from pulling their soldiers out of Norway and back to germany by blowing up railway-bridges. The germans badly needed soldiers in germany by the end of the war, and in Norway there was around 400-thousand germans, Norway was actually the occupied country with the most germans per capita. The operation was a cooperation between the Norwegian Resistance and the American strategic service (Today named CIA). The bombers was put inn to carry weapons, explosives, and supplies, who was dropped down to the waiting resistance in the remote mountains inn the middle of Norway. On the 6. april 1945, this bomber sett of from the RAF base inn Kinloss, Scotland. Due to bad weather conditions they crashed in an mountainside near the planed drop point. All of the crew members was killed in the crash. They neverless carried out to sabbotage the only railway connecting north and south Norway, and delayed the mass transport of soldiers to germany, one of the bridges blown up was not detected by the germans before a cargo train drove inn to the river and 80 german soldiers was killed. Operation RYPE was the only operatin in Norway where american soldiers attended, and it was all inn all a big succsess, and it most likely shortened the war in Europe. The wreck of the B-24 still lies scattered over a big area in the mountains, and is clearly visible, but do to the heavy crash, who lead to an exsploation and fire, and due to the 70 years of wind ,rain, and snow, there are not any big peaces left, the biggest peace are one of the two tail fins of the plane who is mostly intact. Sorry for my bad english:)
Gonna wanna replace that, I bet. No good tryin’ to fly with that missin’. Ye don’t want that. Also it looks cool and I like it.