B-17 Flying Fortress 'Ye Old Pub' invasion star mug

B-17 Flying Fortress 'Ye Old Pub' invasion star mugThe legendary B 17 "Ye Olde Pub" (27th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bomber Group, 8th Air Force) took off on a mission to bomb the Focke Wulf 190 manufacturing plants in Bremen in 1943 and got heavily damage during the mission. Aware that they had no idea where they were going, Franz waved at Charlie (the pilot) to turn 180 degrees. Franz escorted and guided the stricken plane to, and slightly over, the North Sea towards England. He then saluted

Especially for this historical event we release this limited collection

Baseball cap 101st

Scale: 1:144

Bottom high: 39

with which he could try and seize bridges in the Netherlands to allow for a dash to the Ruhr in an operation code-named Market Garden

This design pays tribute to their courage

Colonel ED JACKFERT

A Tribute to the 101st Airborne

On the evening of 5 June 1944

In tribute to the positive impact she had on so many people’s lives

One of the most celebrated performers of the 1940s

having already re-captured the bridge