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Old 10th July 2010, 19:38
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Re: Dornier 217 crashed in Salerno 16 sept. 1943

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Originally Posted by Andy Saunders View Post
The label is prefixed "9" to denote engine parts. The next number, "801", is the engine type - BMW 801. The rest of the numbers appear to just be part numbers/stores reference numbers.

Included in your photo of parts recovered there is what looks like one of the throttle levers. Also, part of one of the elevator mass-balance weights. (This is the curved steel part painted green with part number R8 -217 358. I expect it is quite heavy!)
Thanks for your precious informations.
Yes, the part you quoted is very heavy and we must take it on from to 1400 meters to valley...... The same happen yesterday: We find about 80 kg of fragments and in 3 take them on to the valley.
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