United Kingdom. Framed stringer and glass pieces of the Downed Halifax, April 1945 Province of China Mackie & Co 1916”

Mackie & Co 1916”

92 mm x 152 mm

one is maker marked "NS MEYER INC NEW YORK" with the company's insignia on the reverse

(Gautag Leipzig Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Oddiel Armádnych Pretekárov): Two-piece construction

United Kingdom. Framed stringer and glass pieces of the Downed Halifax, April 1945 Province of China Mackie & Co 1916”Two pieces of glass and two pieces of stringer (structural framework), contained in a glass frame with black wooden exterior. The interior shows a sheet below with reading: The Halifax journey began when the almost new aircraft took off from Tarrant Ruston Air Base in Southern England, on the night of April 23,1945. Its mission dropping supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters. The Halifax was returning home when it was hit by anti aircraft fire over