This is a glass-framed unusual parts which are cockpit perspex also aluminium airframe sections and 2 bullet cases with 1 head from one of the 303 browning machine guns on the aircraft the cases do have some markings.The parts do still retain some 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 large glass-fronted box frame, complete with all aircraft information and numerous photographs and pictures , making it perfect for display or any collection. The frame measures 12 half inches by 12 half inches in size.The parts are from British Mark 3 RAF Lancaster bomber number JA851 of 49 Squadron. The bomber was shot down at 2.56am on 18th August 1943 while on a raid on the V1 and V2 rocket facility at Peenemünde. The Lancaster was shot down by German night ace Oberleutnant Hans Meissner in his Messerschmitt 110. The bomber crashed into the Riverbank at Hallesogard 5km west of Norborg in Denmark.
The Lancaster bombers were on the return flight from a bombing raid on the German Experimental Station for V1 and V2 rockets at Peenemünde. This was the first of 3 Lancaster bombers shot down in 15 minutes over South Jutland by the same German ace night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans Meisner who flew a Messerschmitt Bf 110G4 from 2nd Group of Nachtjagergeschwader 3, Jagel Airfield near Schleswig.
This is a glass-framed unusual parts which are cockpit perspex also aluminium airframe sections and 2 bullet cases with 1 head from one of the 303 browning machine guns on the aircraft the cases do have some markings.The parts do still retain some 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 large glass-fronted box frame, complete with all aircraft information and numerous photographs and pictures , making it perfect for display or any collection. The frame measures 12 half inches by 12 half inches in size.The parts are from British Mark 3 RAF Lancaster bomber number JA851 of 49 Squadron. The bomber was shot down at 2.56am on 18th August 1943 while on a raid on the V1 and V2 rocket facility at Peenemünde. The Lancaster was shot down by German night ace Oberleutnant Hans Meissner in his Messerschmitt 110. The bomber crashed into the Riverbank at Hallesogard 5km west of Norborg in Denmark.
The Lancaster bombers were on the return flight from a bombing raid on the German Experimental Station for V1 and V2 rockets at Peenemünde. This was the first of 3 Lancaster bombers shot down in 15 minutes over South Jutland by the same German ace night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans Meisner who flew a Messerschmitt Bf 110G4 from 2nd Group of Nachtjagergeschwader 3, Jagel Airfield near Schleswig.
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