Clinton Winters' Jug
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Meet ‘Rae’, Maj Hal Shook’s personal mount flown by Lt Clinton Winters the day it was shot down.
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This is a picture of it stationed in France in autumn 1944.
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"Rae" photographed somewhere in France. Of note are the missing landing gear doors.
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A little snippet from a local newspaper.
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The remembrance plaque in the small town of Mechelen with the two crash sites just outside the town.
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The plaque next to a Dutch bunker to fend off the German invaders.
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Quite scenic there! 🙂
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Clinton Winters’ part of the story.
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The decal sheet...
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.... with a focus on ‘Rae’....
Kommentit
6 September 2018, 16:03
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Very interesting project. And with a great historical connection 👍 I will take a seat for this.
15 September 2018, 02:10
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Welcome Alec! I'll start this one up for my modelling club competition when I get back from my trip.
15 September 2018, 22:01
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Although this was Major Shook's personal Jug, on that December day in 1944 it was actually piloted by Lt. Clinton Winters and crashed into the South Limburg country side.