This is a nice glass-framed aluminium airframe section that still retains some of its original green camouflage paintwork that is lovely and clear to see it has discoloured a bit from being buried but nothing to bad. The part has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash, it is in very solid condition and has been carefully cleaned and retains some of its original colours . It is presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with background information and numerous photographs including the pilot, making it perfect for display. The frame measures 10 half inches by 10 half inches in size.
The part is from Mosquito NF.XII HK413, coded RO‑D, was a night‑fighter variant of the versatile de Havilland Mosquito, operated by 29 Squadron, whose role on the night of 7 June 1944—D‑Day plus one—was to provide defensive patrols over the Normandy beachhead as Allied forces consolidated their landings
. The aircraft departed West Malling, Kent, at 22:30 hrs with Fl/Lt Ronald Richard Densham as pilot and F/O Henry William Ellis DFM as navigator, both experienced night‑fighter aircrew
During the patrol the aircraft went missing, later found to have crashed at La Bigne, near Caen, where both men were killed, their loss attributed to combat during a prolonged night engagement as described in contemporary accounts
The crew now rest together at Bayeux War Cemetery, and HK413’s final sortie stands as part of the intense night‑flying effort that protected the invasion forces in the critical early hours of the Normandy campaign
This is a nice glass-framed aluminium airframe section that still retains some of its original green camouflage paintwork that is lovely and clear to see it has discoloured a bit from being buried but nothing to bad. The part has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash, it is in very solid condition and has been carefully cleaned and retains some of its original colours . It is presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with background information and numerous photographs including the pilot, making it perfect for display. The frame measures 10 half inches by 10 half inches in size.
The part is from Mosquito NF.XII HK413, coded RO‑D, was a night‑fighter variant of the versatile de Havilland Mosquito, operated by 29 Squadron, whose role on the night of 7 June 1944—D‑Day plus one—was to provide defensive patrols over the Normandy beachhead as Allied forces consolidated their landings
. The aircraft departed West Malling, Kent, at 22:30 hrs with Fl/Lt Ronald Richard Densham as pilot and F/O Henry William Ellis DFM as navigator, both experienced night‑fighter aircrew
During the patrol the aircraft went missing, later found to have crashed at La Bigne, near Caen, where both men were killed, their loss attributed to combat during a prolonged night engagement as described in contemporary accounts
The crew now rest together at Bayeux War Cemetery, and HK413’s final sortie stands as part of the intense night‑flying effort that protected the invasion forces in the critical early hours of the Normandy campaign
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