Complete steel made airframe structure section with part number from JU87 Stuka dive bomber 5518 shot down 18 August 1940 at Fishbourne Creek, near Chichester, Sussex

This is a complete steel made airframe structure joint which is discoloured and a bit of pitting but is still clean with a lot of its original paintwork and colour on both sides, but the very rare bit is the clear to see part number. The structure part does not have much damage from the impact of the crash the solid section is 7 inches long by 3 inches wide. A very nice relic which has been very well cleaned and a lovely one for the collection and is a rare part to get from this particular aircraft. The part comes from JU87b-1 Stuka dive bomber Work Number 5518 of 2 Staffel/Stukageschwader 77 shot down on the 18th August 1940 and crashed at Fishbourne Creek, near Chichester, Sussex. Thepart comes with 2xA5 laminated information sheets with pictures of the pilots involved.

This aircraft was Shot down by Sargent Jim Hallowes in Hurricane of No 43 Squadron RAF. The pilot of the stuka Oberleutant Johannes Wilhelm and Gunner Unteroffizier Anton Worner bailed out and were both captured and became Prisoner of war. The photo below is Oberleutant Wilhelm as pow at Chichester railway station waiting for a train to take him to London for interrogation and Sargent Jim Hallowes.