
Clearing the Path to Utah - B-26 Marauder Canvas | INCLUDES: Airframe Fragment
This original aluminum fragment is from B-26F 42-96263 "Spook" which took off from RAF Boreham at 5:05am on 6 June 1944. Due to poor visibility that morning, eyewitness testimony saw two B-26s break from a large dark cloud and collide over Gillingham, Kent, England. Both aircraft, B-26F 42-96263 (Aircraft: 5W-S) and B-26B 42-96050 (Aircraft: 5W-L) were en route to attack enemy gun positions just behind Utah Beach. B-26F serial number 42-96263 airframe fragment This fragment along with many other recovered aircraft components were acquired by Aces In Action in 2022 and were originally on display at the Blake Hall Airscene Collection, Essex, UK. To further this story of rememberance, Artist, Craig Tinder depicted a scene of that very bomb squadron making their way to the shores of Normandy."Clearing the Path to Utah" Framed Canvas with Relic