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Unique ID:
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210
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Added to Database:
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May 2008
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Last Edited:
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15 April 2014
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Type (ID):
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Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind (108)
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Model (ID):
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Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind (223)
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Location Category (ID):
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Base Borden Military Museum (8000)
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Location (ID):
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Major General Worthington Memorial Park (8002)
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“19 35437 3507”, “H17 98”, “06998”? and “98” stamped into left transmission cover. “1659 ?7495 54 9 ?9 W8 105”? stamped into left turret side.
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Location History:
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1: Fahrzeug- und Motoren-Werke (FAMO) GmbH, Stare Miasto, Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland (Turret manufacturer) 2: Ostbau Werke, Żagań, Żagański, Lubuskie, Poland (Sole assembly location 1944) 3: Base Borden Military Museum, Canadian Forces Base Borden, Borden, Ontario, Canada (Current location)
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This Wirbelwind has fake gun barrels and is in a very poor internal state (source: W.E. Storey). It is based on a PzKpfw IV Ausf J chassis with late-type sprockets and all-steel return rollers.
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Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)
1990
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1: The Wirbelwind preserved at Borden
Taken: 1990 (Estimated) Contributor: W.E. Storey Collection Photo ID: 125 Added: 30 May 2008 Filename: Scan_Wir... Views: 479 Select/Has Priority: 1/0
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