Flying Fortress Geocoin: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

Version vom 12. Januar 2016, 13:30 Uhr

Beschreibung/About the coin

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The Flying Fortress Geocoin was a project by geocoin4you.com for a event at a mystery cache in Czech Republic. GC1M2ZX Pad americke letajici pevnosti B-17/Crash of B-17

There have been a long thought about the design of the Flying Fortress Geocoin. Ideas about the appearance of wrecked machine, about the shape of the flying fortress (B-17) and the coin layout.

Finally geocoin4you.com chose a classical round shape through which the plastic 3D B-17 fly through. The fortress step out from the altimeter, which marks the edge of the backgroung. The texture under the plane symbolises the sky. The backside reminds about the B-17 crash site in Slaný (Czech Republic).

Four different editions have been made. A RE version which is going to be on sale even after the end of the event. A LE which contains 50 pieces, a XLE with 20 pieces and a donor edition which could only be obtained in the set, by supporting the project.

The description of the historical event of 2 March 1945:

• On the 2 March 1945, 1235 bomber planes took off from the 8th aerial army USAAF (Fortress and Liberators) followed by 774 accompanying fighter planes (Mustangs and Thunder folly). They flew in the direction to GERMANY. They were supposed to destroy several manufactures of fuel. In response 200 Germany planes took off from IX. Fliegerkorpsu. The air battle took place over Saxony (Germany) and BOHEMIA. Their targets were refinery in Bohlen a Rositsu. Several bombs were thrown at the town Ústí nad Labem. The American fighter planes were detected near the town Duchcov at about 10,19 o clock. Most of them were without bombs. They were supposed to return home. Although they were attacked by Focke Wulfu Fw 190A-9 and D9 in the area over Kladno and Slany. At 10,36 o clock one of the victims was bomber B–17G S.N. 44-6573. Before the crash the plane split into several parts and only two pilots (back shooter and side shooter) of whole crew (9 members) jumped out of the plane. The first one landed a few kilometres from the wreck between villages Olšany and Brandýsek. During the landing he broke his arm. And then was examined by a local doctor and was taken to the hospital in Slaný. We do not know anything about 2.shooter and later was claimed as dead. Other crew members unfortunately died during the crash.

Details

• Größe/Size: 63,3 (at the wingtips) Ø 60 mm
• Dicke/Thickness: 5,5 mm
• Gewicht/Weight: g
• Präfix/Prefix: FF
• Form/Shape: 3D/2D, rund mit Flügelspitzen/round with wingtips
• Farbe/Filling: Soft Enamel
• Vorderseite/Front: B-17
• Rückseite/Back:
• Registrierte Trackingcodes/Registered trackingcodes: 135
• Groundspeak Icon-Nummer/Icon number: 8525
• Trackbar/Trackable auf geocaching.com mit eigenem Icon/own unique icon und Mini-Icon/micro icon
  

Editionen

Icon	Auflage	Bild	Metall	Edition-Name	Edition	Design	Shop	Veröffentlicht
	50		antique copper	Antique Copper	RE	--	geocoin4you.com	Dez 2015
	50		antique silver	Antique Silver	LE	--	geocoin4you.com	Dez 2015
	20		antique gold	Antique Gold	XLE	--	geocoin4you.com	Dez 2015
	15		black nickel	Black Nickel	SE	--	geocoin4you.com	Dez 2015

Zur Erinnerung an der Besatzung/In Memory of the American crew

The Pilot: 2/Lt. Donald R. CHRISTENSEN (O-780518), California
The Co-pilot: 2/Lt. William H. LOVE (O-781350), California
The navigating officer: 2/Lt. Harry OSTROW (O-1593155), Pennsylvania
The bomb dropper: 2/Lt. John V. GUSTAFSON (O-717485), Illinois
The erk: Sgt. Robert W. DUDLEY (35558750), Ohio
The wireless operator: Sgt. Elmer G. GURBA (35052024), Ohio
Shooter: Sgt. Albert S. CARLISLE Jr. (31340415), Vermont
Shooter: Sgt. Kenneth J. PLANTZ (17143904), Minnesota
Shooter: Sgt. Selmer K. HAAKENSON (19069763), North Dakota

Tags

B17 coin, B-17 coin, B17 Geocoin, B-17 Geocoin, Bomber Geocoin, plane coin, Flugzeug Geocoin

Bilder

Startvorbereitung/Prepared for take-off
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Die Absturzstelle/Wreckage site
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Münzvorlage/Artwork
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