This is a glass-framed group of 2 aluminium airframe sections and a engine pipework section that still retainsome of there original paintwork and colours. The parts have ripped,bent and smashed by the impact of the crash but are in nice solid condition and have been carefully cleaned. They are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with all aircraft information and numerous photographs including a picture of the crash, making it perfect for display or any collection. The frame measures 13 inches by 13 inches in size.The parts come from a aircraft there is not much about a German Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle owl") G9+FL night fighter which was shot down by RAF Spitfire on Sunday 21st May 1944 over Denmark.
Two RAF Mosquitos of 418 Squadron RCAF and 8 Mustang fighters of 19 Squadron were on a Day Ranger mission over Denmark when they spotted what they believed to be a Leo 45 in the Herning area.
It actually was the He 219 flown by Unteroffizier Ewald Tampke and Bordfunker Eduard Tants, who were engaged in a Zieldarstellungsflug (target presentation flight) together with another Heinkel.
The Luftwaffe Heinkel 219 was set afire by Flight Lieutenant James Kerr of 418 Squadron RCAF (flying a Mosquito FB.VI from RAF Coltishall) and by W/O M.H. Max Bell (RAAF) of 19 Squadron RAF (flying a Mustang Mk III from RAF Coltishall). Tampke and Tants were laid to rest in Esbjerg cemetery on the 23rd of May.
This is a glass-framed group of 2 aluminium airframe sections and a engine pipework section that still retainsome of there original paintwork and colours. The parts have ripped,bent and smashed by the impact of the crash but are in nice solid condition and have been carefully cleaned. They are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with all aircraft information and numerous photographs including a picture of the crash, making it perfect for display or any collection. The frame measures 13 inches by 13 inches in size.The parts come from a aircraft there is not much about a German Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle owl") G9+FL night fighter which was shot down by RAF Spitfire on Sunday 21st May 1944 over Denmark.
Two RAF Mosquitos of 418 Squadron RCAF and 8 Mustang fighters of 19 Squadron were on a Day Ranger mission over Denmark when they spotted what they believed to be a Leo 45 in the Herning area.
It actually was the He 219 flown by Unteroffizier Ewald Tampke and Bordfunker Eduard Tants, who were engaged in a Zieldarstellungsflug (target presentation flight) together with another Heinkel.
The Luftwaffe Heinkel 219 was set afire by Flight Lieutenant James Kerr of 418 Squadron RCAF (flying a Mosquito FB.VI from RAF Coltishall) and by W/O M.H. Max Bell (RAAF) of 19 Squadron RAF (flying a Mustang Mk III from RAF Coltishall). Tampke and Tants were laid to rest in Esbjerg cemetery on the 23rd of May.
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