This is a very rare to find lovely condition complete large internal maker label the 500-volt power source for the light spot drift meter Skolavi. Which was part of the optical navigation equipment in the cockpit.
The very large label has been very well cleaned and has all of its original colours with black paintwork and white markings and most of the maker markings fairly clear to see it is in nice solid condition it has only light damage by the impact of the crash but has some corrosion from being buried but is perfect for display or any collection it is 2 inches wide by 6 inches long in size and is a lovely bit of Birmingham blitz German bomber .The part is from German Heinkel 111 number 2877 of 2/KG55 flown by Oberleutnant H.Klawe the aircraft was shot down at 9.05pm on the 19th November 1940. The aircraft was part of the 439 bombers that were dispatched to bomb Birmingham.
This aircraft along with 12 others of 2/KG55 opened the attack on Birmingham at 19.12 pm illuminating the target with flares.
The bomber was based at Dreux west of Paris where it took off from and was ultimately shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Workshop Farm,Wolvey near Nuneaton the crew were Oberleutnant H.Klawe and Gefreiter X.Nirschel who were both killed with Feldwebel W.Gutekunst and Unteroffizier R.Zeitz who both baled out and were captured and taken prisoner.
The crash site at Workshop Farm in Wolvey, Warwickshire, was rediscovered in 1985 which was 45 years after the crash. A recovery team later excavated the field, discovering various items that had survived the impact and fire.Recovered Items: Findings included parts of an MG 15 machine gun, pieces of armor plating, and a small identification plate from Heinkel Werke, Oranienburg, which confirmed the aircraft’s origin.
This is a very rare to find lovely condition complete large internal maker label the 500-volt power source for the light spot drift meter Skolavi. Which was part of the optical navigation equipment in the cockpit.
The very large label has been very well cleaned and has all of its original colours with black paintwork and white markings and most of the maker markings fairly clear to see it is in nice solid condition it has only light damage by the impact of the crash but has some corrosion from being buried but is perfect for display or any collection it is 2 inches wide by 6 inches long in size and is a lovely bit of Birmingham blitz German bomber .The part is from German Heinkel 111 number 2877 of 2/KG55 flown by Oberleutnant H.Klawe the aircraft was shot down at 9.05pm on the 19th November 1940. The aircraft was part of the 439 bombers that were dispatched to bomb Birmingham.
This aircraft along with 12 others of 2/KG55 opened the attack on Birmingham at 19.12 pm illuminating the target with flares.
The bomber was based at Dreux west of Paris where it took off from and was ultimately shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Workshop Farm,Wolvey near Nuneaton the crew were Oberleutnant H.Klawe and Gefreiter X.Nirschel who were both killed with Feldwebel W.Gutekunst and Unteroffizier R.Zeitz who both baled out and were captured and taken prisoner.
The crash site at Workshop Farm in Wolvey, Warwickshire, was rediscovered in 1985 which was 45 years after the crash. A recovery team later excavated the field, discovering various items that had survived the impact and fire.Recovered Items: Findings included parts of an MG 15 machine gun, pieces of armor plating, and a small identification plate from Heinkel Werke, Oranienburg, which confirmed the aircraft’s origin.
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