This is a very rare maker label from the cockpit control panel which is cockpit control leaver that operates the water rudder when the aircraft is on the water.
This is a very rare to find lovely condition internal maker label. The very large label has been very well cleaned and has all of its original colours and maker markings very clear to see it is in nice solid condition it has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash with a small hole in the middle but is perfect for display or any collection it is 4 inches wide in size .And there is not many parts around from this aircraft.
.The part come from German Heinkel He 115c work number 3251 which crashed at 4.04am on the 15th August 1940 the plane was dazzled by searchlights during sortie over Montrose and flew into the Ground at Faldiehill Farm near Arbroath. The label comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with crash site picture.
The plane S4+BH was from the 1./Küstenfliegergruppe 506 (Coastal Flying Group 506). The wreckage was discovered by a farm worker walking to work early in the morning the crew still in the aircraft were Oberfeldwebel R Holfert and Feldwebel P.Schroers both dead and Leutnant Zur See H-E Tonne captured severely injured but was still alive. Along with his dead comrades, Tonne was transported to hospital in Arbroath where he died shortly after. All three were subsequently buried at Arbroath East cemetery.
This is a very rare maker label from the cockpit control panel which is cockpit control leaver that operates the water rudder when the aircraft is on the water.
This is a very rare to find lovely condition internal maker label. The very large label has been very well cleaned and has all of its original colours and maker markings very clear to see it is in nice solid condition it has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash with a small hole in the middle but is perfect for display or any collection it is 4 inches wide in size .And there is not many parts around from this aircraft.
.The part come from German Heinkel He 115c work number 3251 which crashed at 4.04am on the 15th August 1940 the plane was dazzled by searchlights during sortie over Montrose and flew into the Ground at Faldiehill Farm near Arbroath. The label comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with crash site picture.
The plane S4+BH was from the 1./Küstenfliegergruppe 506 (Coastal Flying Group 506). The wreckage was discovered by a farm worker walking to work early in the morning the crew still in the aircraft were Oberfeldwebel R Holfert and Feldwebel P.Schroers both dead and Leutnant Zur See H-E Tonne captured severely injured but was still alive. Along with his dead comrades, Tonne was transported to hospital in Arbroath where he died shortly after. All three were subsequently buried at Arbroath East cemetery.
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