An incredible sight over our hangar as we wrapped up some of the set up for this weekend’s Battle for the Airfield!
Here is this week’s challenge for “What is it Wednesday?” - a close up of something in the museum or our collection for you to guess what it is in the comments!![]()
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What is it?! We are looking for what it might be part of within the museum and, for more of a challenge, what the exact part is and what it does!![]()
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Thanks to everyone who played last week… the answer for October 2nd was the throttle on the Ford V8 powering the Bren Gun Carrier in the D-Day gallery… see the previous post for the full details!![]()
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The answer to the “What is it? Wednesday” question of October 2nd is the throttle of the Ford V8 powering the Bren Gun Carrier also known as the Universal Carrier as on display in the D-Day exhibit. You’ll see one of these in action at this weekends Battle for the Airfield WWII Re-Enactment Weekend!![]()
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Stay tuned for the next “What is it? Wednesday” later today!![]()
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One of the greatest WWII Re-enactments in North America will take place at the American Heritage Museum this weekend. For more information and tickets see: www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/wwii-re-enactment-battle-for-the-airfield-october-2024/
Here is this week’s challenge for “What is it Wednesday?” - a close up of something in the museum or our collection for you to guess what it is in the comments!![]()
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What is it?! We are looking for what it might be part of within the museum and, for more of a challenge, what the exact part is and what it does!![]()
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Thanks to everyone who played last week… the answer for September 25 was the “squirrel cage” guard in the turret of the M60A1… see the previous post for the full details!![]()
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Good luck on this week’s challenge! ![]()
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#americanheritagemuseum #historymuseum #visitma
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