Hi
@Stahlhelms
Thanks for you nice comment. Did you build the baby slat yourself?
Back in the 1980's,through to the 2000's, a lot of USAAF and other US military veterans were retiring, and heading back to see where they'd been during the war. I was lucky at that time to have a jeep, and be involved with some incredible USAAF runions. Some of the airfields were nearly untouched, some completely gone. Now (sadly) most of the veterans have gone too.
Wendling wasn't one of the sites I visited at that time (did your Dad get the chance to come back?)
Of many notable reunions, I did one at Harrington which was the only time I saw a complete bomber crew return, all wearing their original A2's. One of the crew (from a Liberator 'The Leading Lady') donated his jacket to the British Imperial War Museum a couple of days later, and it was the example on display there for many yars.
To bikes.... Just by coincidence, I noticed the same chainwheel on a 1942 Snyder being discussed on another thread.
Hey all, I just picked up a bike yesterday and wanted to play show and tell as well as try to get a bit more info. I've dabbled with a few 50's and 60's middleweights and ballooners, but this is certainly the oldest bike I've bought. I mostly mess with 80's-90's moubtain bikes because I'm a...
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As I said, odd things happened in the war, I have, for example, seen Huffman built frames with Westfield serial numbers, so an alternativly sourced chainwheel is not a big deal.
Incidentally, I should mention that your serial number appears between two blocks of military contract G519 bicycles. Here is a screenshot of a survivor's list I've been compiling.
Bet Regards,
Adrian