Large electrical box cover fantastic condition from German JU87 stuka dive bomber, 4528 of 2./I./StG1 which was shot down by Raf Gladiator, crashed at Skamdalen on 2nd June 1940 in Norway

This is a very rare to find a large electrical box cover properly from the cockpit area still with most of its original black paintwork. The aluminium panel still has very little corrosion from laying around on the forest floor for many years it does still retain most of its original colours and is largely undamaged by the impact of the crash just a few scrapes and knocks and ripped clean off it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. The part which is very hard to find from this particular aircraft which is German JU87 stuka dive bomber work number 4528 of 2./I./StG1 which crashed at Skamdalen, Beisfjord Nordland near Narvik. The dive bomber was shot down by RAF Gladiator on the 2nd June 1940 during the German invasion of Norway.

The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with crash site pictures of what it looks like now. The parts have come from a private collection which the items were collected many years ago directly from the crash sites he visited and found including surface finds or some aircraft that were dug out and recovered all these parts now available for the first time.

The dive bomber was attacked and shot down by RAF Gladiators from 263 Squadron. After a bombing raid on Narvik. The Stuka, with its port under wing tank on fire, crashed soon after in a valley at Beisfjord. RAF pilots Alvin Williams(N5905) and Herbert H Kitchener shared this victory. The bodies of Staffelkapitän Böhne and his gunner were recovered later by the Germans.