New flown part arrived safe and sound

Altitude adjustment knob

Well it's finally arrived, a V1 part from England. According to the man that I bought it from, the part was found by a young boy during the war who was scavenging for war trophies. That was a pretty common thing during the war and it must've been very exciting for young children to see these things fall from the sky and then go investigate. This particular relic is part of the hand dial adjustment for setting the altitude of the V1. I'd like to think that it might've been one of the last things that was adjusted on the robot bomb before it was launched. From what I understand the V1 was constructed to operate at an altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 feet but would often fly at under 2500 feet. Most of the parts that I have collected are from storage facilities or the underground workshop, Nordhausen. I have very few items that were actually flown over the channel that were recovered after a crash. It's great to have a provenience with this particular piece and know that it flew across the channel. 

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