13th Dec, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 95
 
Lot 95 - Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (Stealth Bomber) Interest: a collection of items pertaining to the...
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Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (Stealth Bomber) Interest: a collection of items pertaining to the...

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (Stealth Bomber) Interest: a collection of items pertaining to the career of Flying Officer William McGuffie, R.A.F., comprising two Oerlinghausen R.A.F. Gliding Club wood trophies, one as a cigarette box, surmounted by a model of a Horten Brothers Flying Wing glider, the rectangular base inscribed and dated, "W. MacG. 1946", the other, surmounted by two model gliders, and a collection of photographs and ephemera pertaining to the recipient

Note: The Horten Brothers, both members of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War, designed a revolutionary series of aircraft for the Third Reich based on the Flying Wing concept. Some of these aircraft were based at Oerlinghausen. At the conclusion of the war, one prototype example, the jet-propelled Ho 229 V3, attracted particular interest from the Allied forces, its construction properties allegedly rendering it invisible to radar. The original aircraft was shipped to America where it formed the basis of research, culminating in the design of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

Sold for £420
Estimated at £100 - £150


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 13th Dec, 2017

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