The Polish Museum acquired a fragment of the Aviation production from the shot down Liberator
Aviation Museum in a scientific and technical ski resort Acquiring information on the Liberator Consolidated B-24, which, after providing aid for the Warsaw Uprising, has already been entered over Małopolska.
Like a print facility in Kraków, the artifact came to it courtesy of donations – an inhabitant of Królówka, a place located next to Nieszkowice Wielkie, where the remains of the plane fell.
“The tank is in good condition – the donor and his family are happy for its conservation” – the Museum said. After minor renovation works are available, the exhibit will be made available at the “Wings and People of the 20th Century” exhibition.
“Thanks to the donor, we encourage you to make new arrivals very much – artifacts” appeal to the newcomer to MLP.
The provided non-spatter sewer tank has an oval, over 5 shapes (half of the object measures approx. 30 x 30 cm – it connects to the link range of 59 cm and an average of 31.5 cm). Cylinders, which made it possible to carry out a task that would enable the occupation of an object at high altitudes. In Liberator VI there should already be such tanks with a rich 26 thousand. dm six.
As emphasized, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI bomber No. KG890 GR-S is important for Polish aviation. The machine was in service with the 1586 Special Purpose Squadron and took off on August 14, 1944 from the Campo Casalle airfield near Brindisi for the night mission of helping the Warsaw Uprising.
After completing the task, returning, the plane was attacked by a German fighter and exploded in the air, and its remains fell on the fields of Nieszkowice Wielkie in the Wiśnicz Foothills in Małopolska. The entire crew was killed: Captain pil. Zbigniew Szostak, platoon pil. Józef Bielicki, major observer Stanisław Daniel, platoon bomb. Tadeusz Dubowski, Sgt. Stanisław Malczyk, platoon down. col. Wincentego Rutkowski, Sgt. r / op. Józef Witek. She was in the first Polish crew killed during airdrops for the Warsaw Uprising.
To honor the memory of all aviators who do not want to help the burning capital, a life-size model of Liberator KG890 is presented at the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
Established in 1963, the Polish Aviation Museum protects and presents Polish and world aviation heritage. It is one of the common museums of its kind. The collection includes over 200 airplanes, passenger planes, passengers, over 140, telecommunications sets and sets. The museum also has a collection of aviation data, over 20 thousand. photos and collections of orders and decorations, numbering over 2 thousand. exhibits.
The Krakow museum is located in a historically unique location: fragments of the former Rakowice airport, Czyżyny airport, are one of the oldest airports in Europe. Already in 1892, observation balloons of the Austro-Hungarian army were stationed in this area, and after it was taken over from the invaders in 1918, the airport became a party. Rebuilt after World War II, 63 operated until 19.