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Re: Bf 109 in East Coast War Bond Drive, 1944
Hi Rich,
No idea if this relates, but I thought I'd share. About 10 or more years ago, I purchased this page out of a wartime Westinghouse Electric Elevator Company (WEECO), Jersey City N.J., magazine, along with a piece of aluminum skin clearly painted RLM 79, sand yellow, with a portion of what appears to be a personal marking in black. The interior of the piece is painted RLM 66; I assume it came from the cockpit region. Also the German word "ist" is lightly scratched into the piece on the outside.
The magazine's dated March 1944, and it tells of a display of two Me 109s at the WEECO facility to stimulate the sale of War Bonds (their 4th Drive). Note the three photos. The aircraft were said to have come from Sicily, "shot down" (anti-aircraft fire?) the previous fall. Bits of the aircraft were given to those who purchased bonds. Thus the associated relic.
Caldwell and Jersey City are about 20 miles apart. What do you think - any connection there? :-)
Steve
Last edited by stephen f. polyak; 3rd January 2016 at 01:26.
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