new in the Rocksteady collection SIEBEL Si 204A-1 German 1942 wheel

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Finally in at Rocksteady HQ a very nice addition!
This wheel comes from the airplane once owned after WW2 by the Dutch Prins Bernhard. first photo you see him with the plane, second with Montgomery

SIEBEL Si 204A-1 German 1942, twin engined, 7 seat military transport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebel_Si_204 (its the plane right top foto on wiki)
Siebel produced the Junkers Ju 88 under licence, so only 15 prototypes were able to be built in Halle. As a result, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord (SNCAN) in France produced the A-0 preseries A-1 production passenger aircraft between April 1942 and November 1943.