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Travel Bug Dog Tag JK-254

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Origin:
Finland
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

Lennellä ympäriinsä vailla tarkempaa päämäärää.  Käyntejä sotahistoriallisilla paikoilla ja valokuvia arvostaisin suuresti.


To fly around without a specific goal.  Visits to sites of military history and photograps would be highly appreciated.

About This Item

Heinäkuun ensimmäisenä päivänä vuonna 1944 Junkers JK-254 pommikone lähti yhdessä muun pommituslentolaivue 44:n kanssa kohti Tali-Ihantalaa tavoitteena ilmatuen antaminen suomalaisille taistelijoille. Kesken tehtävän kone kuitenkin syöksyi Liperin Rauvanlahteen.

Pommikoneen hylky nostettiin järven pohjasta vuonna 2008. Sittemmin Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo lahjoitti museaalisesti arvottoman materiaalin Veteraanivastuu ry:lle hyödynnettäväksi sotiemme veteraanien hyväksi tehtävässä varainhankinnassa. Lentokonealumiini sulatettiin harkoiksi ja siitä taottiin Junkers-merkkejä. Tämä reissaaja on yksi noista aidoista, uniikeista pommikoneen metallista taotuista Junkers-merkeistä.




On july 1st 1944 a Junkers JK-254 bomber took off with bomber squadron 44 towards Tali-Ihantala, where it was to give air support to finnish soldiers.  However before reaching its target, the aircraft crashed into Rauvanlahti in Liperi, Finland.

The wreckage of the plane was salvaged from the lake in 2008.  Later the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo aviation museum donated historically worthless parts of the aircraft to Veteraanivastuu ry to be used as a fundraiser for finnish veterans of war.  Aircraft aluminium was melted and forged into Junkers-medallions.  This travel bug is one of those genuine, unique medallions made from the aircraft metal.

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    Tracking History (3870mi) View Map

    Visited 7/24/2012 SeekerHoisbuettel took it to Der letzte Nano? Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   Visit Log
    Visited 7/24/2012 SeekerHoisbuettel took it to T-Kreuzung der Orks Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/24/2012 SeekerHoisbuettel retrieved it from Scharberg Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   Visit Log

    Go to next Cache soon.

    Dropped Off 7/20/2012 akustiker placed it in Scharberg Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - 153.63 miles  Visit Log

    today i decided that i carried you with me long enough. best wisches for your further journey 🙂

    Discovered It 7/20/2012 ermakle discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at train between Berlin and Hamburg/Germany. Thank you for the nice conversation, akustiker!

    Visited 7/18/2012 akustiker took it to Brandenburger_Tor Berlin, Germany - 131.29 miles  Visit Log

    today in took the tb to the brandenburg gate in berlin. other photos are from the formerly airport tempelhof, which is now closed. in times of the airbridge many 'sister'-aircrafts (junkers 52/1) landed here and provided the people of belin with food and other things...
    i hope to find a safe place for the further journey until next weekend 🙂

    • akustiker mit JK-254 am brandenburger tor
    • JK-254 at the formerly airport berlin-tempelhof
    • JK-254 in the middle of the runway at the formerly airport of berlin-tempelhof
    Discovered It 7/15/2012 scout° discovered it   Visit Log

    gesichtet auf dem Tepelhofer Feld in den Dunstschwaden eines Grills

    Discovered It 7/15/2012 scout° discovered it   Visit Log

    aircraft metall on airfield :-)
    Had an BBQ on the runway, sunny Sunday!
    Location: Tempelhof Airport, Berlin

    Visited 6/25/2012 akustiker took it to Einer unter Tausend Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 130.74 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 6/23/2012 GiDu discovered it   Visit Log

    Discoverd this interesting TB during a strawberry event at a local history museum in Hamburg, Germany (http://www.altonaermuseum.de/rieck_haus.html). Nearby is a cache located, which fits perfectly to this TB: GC21VRC. Regards from Hamburg, Germany GiDu

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