This is a MG 15 machine gun magazine internal bullet spacers from a magazine onboard Battle of Britain German bomber. The parts have been nicely cleaned and are rusty but solid and have been mounted in to a glass fronted box frame with plane and crash information and pictures the frame is 9 half inches by 9 half inches in size and is perfect condition for display or any collection. The parts come from German JU88 Bomber work number 8095 shot down shot down by RAF Hurricanes of 303 squadron with Polish ace squadron leader Witold Urbanowicz credited with the kill.The bomber crashed and burnt out near Dorking on the 27th September 1940 during the Battle of Britain.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Rudolf Schumann 55511/7
Observer: Unteroffizier Hans Tenholt 55511/22 born 15 March 1912 in Bochum
Radio Operator: Unteroffizier Wilhelm Menningmann 55511/28 born 19 September 1916
Gunner: Unteroffizier Albert Ackermann 55511/40 born 3 December 1914 in Reichen i.schles
The plane was initially hit in the starboard engine and then, when in the area of Esher, it was hit in the port engine. This ties in with a claim by Canadian pilot Gordon Roy McGregor. Once hit over Esher, 3Z+HK is known to have headed south, as if making for the coast. It flew over Leatherhead and then Dorking while the pilot, struggled to maintain control. When he realized the situation was hopeless, Schumann ordered the three other crew to bale out. Schumann, Ackerman and Tenholt managed to parachute down safely, although two of them were slightly injured. All three were captured - one at Bradley Farm, just outside Dorking (this is possibly near the current Bradley House, Bradley Lane, north of Dorking), another at Scammell's Farm, Blackbrook (Blackbrook House is SSE of Dorking), and the third one near the Norfolk Arms, Mid Holmwood (south of Dorking). Although Menningmann managed to get out of the crippled bomber, it is believed he died when his parachute buckle failed. His body was located at the sewage works in Leatherhead (well north of Dorking) and his parachute floated down to land at Holmwood Park, North Holmwood. it is probable that Menningmann baled out first while the aircraft was near Leatherhead (although it seems surprising that his parachute floated some 10km further south - possible if he left the aircraft at a reasonable altitude It is likely that the pilot, Schumann, was the last out. All three survivors ended up as POWs.
This is a MG 15 machine gun magazine internal bullet spacers from a magazine onboard Battle of Britain German bomber. The parts have been nicely cleaned and are rusty but solid and have been mounted in to a glass fronted box frame with plane and crash information and pictures the frame is 9 half inches by 9 half inches in size and is perfect condition for display or any collection. The parts come from German JU88 Bomber work number 8095 shot down shot down by RAF Hurricanes of 303 squadron with Polish ace squadron leader Witold Urbanowicz credited with the kill.The bomber crashed and burnt out near Dorking on the 27th September 1940 during the Battle of Britain.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Rudolf Schumann 55511/7
Observer: Unteroffizier Hans Tenholt 55511/22 born 15 March 1912 in Bochum
Radio Operator: Unteroffizier Wilhelm Menningmann 55511/28 born 19 September 1916
Gunner: Unteroffizier Albert Ackermann 55511/40 born 3 December 1914 in Reichen i.schles
The plane was initially hit in the starboard engine and then, when in the area of Esher, it was hit in the port engine. This ties in with a claim by Canadian pilot Gordon Roy McGregor. Once hit over Esher, 3Z+HK is known to have headed south, as if making for the coast. It flew over Leatherhead and then Dorking while the pilot, struggled to maintain control. When he realized the situation was hopeless, Schumann ordered the three other crew to bale out. Schumann, Ackerman and Tenholt managed to parachute down safely, although two of them were slightly injured. All three were captured - one at Bradley Farm, just outside Dorking (this is possibly near the current Bradley House, Bradley Lane, north of Dorking), another at Scammell's Farm, Blackbrook (Blackbrook House is SSE of Dorking), and the third one near the Norfolk Arms, Mid Holmwood (south of Dorking). Although Menningmann managed to get out of the crippled bomber, it is believed he died when his parachute buckle failed. His body was located at the sewage works in Leatherhead (well north of Dorking) and his parachute floated down to land at Holmwood Park, North Holmwood. it is probable that Menningmann baled out first while the aircraft was near Leatherhead (although it seems surprising that his parachute floated some 10km further south - possible if he left the aircraft at a reasonable altitude It is likely that the pilot, Schumann, was the last out. All three survivors ended up as POWs.
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