Sections of broken armoured glass from cockpit area on RAF Dambuster Lancaster bomber code name O for Orange on the raid, number ED886 shot down 10th December 1943 on arms drop to resistance in France

This is a group of sections of broken armoured glass from the cockpit area. The parts have smashed and broken by the impact of the crash they are fairly clean sections of different thickness as it was a laired section of glass to make it so thick it has been nicely cleaned and a nice size at 2-3 inches long, they are perfect for display or in a collection. The armoured glass parts are from the cockpit on RAF Dambuster Lancaster bomber code name O for Orange on the raid, number ED886 shot down 10th December 1943 on arms drop to the resistance for the S O E over France and come with 2x A5 laminated information cards with pictures.

RAF Dambuster Lancaster bomber number ED886 shot down 10th December 1943 over France. The plane took part in the Dambuster raid code name O for Orange it dropped its mine on the Ennepe Dam but it failed to destroy it the aircraft returned safely. The pilot was flight sergeant William Clifford Townsend.

The Lancaster ED886 was on arms drop to the resistance for the S O E over France when it was shot down and crashed near Terramesnil which is near Doullens on the Somme in France.

THE CREW OF ED886

F/O G F Bull (Prisoner of War)

SGT C C Wiltshire (Prisoner of War)

SGT C M Chamberlain (Prisoner of War)

SGT J Mclean Stewart killed

F/S N Batey (Prisoner of War)

F/S J H McWilliams (Evaded Capture) returned to England in February 1944

F/S D M Thorpe RCAF Killed