This is a rare part from the battle of Britain and its most famous fighter plane.This is a Control linkage assembly radiator shutter actuating rod this was mounted within the airframe between the cockpit control mechanism and the radiator shutter beneath the starboard wing.
This control linkage is steel and brass made it has a clear to see part number it has some damage from the crash bent up slightly but nothing to bad it still has all of its steel and brass original colours it has not discoloured very much at all with only very light surface rust in a few places and bit of pitting it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the size of the part is 11 inches long and 3 inches wide.The part is from RAF Spitfire number P9458 shot down by German Messerschmitt 109 at 11.15am on 1st September 1940, the pilot Flight Officer Oswald Saint John Pigg during the battle of Britain.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information card with picture of the pilot also with diagram picture showing the part and where abouts on the aircraft it is from in clear pictures..
Oswald St John Pigg served in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. He joined the RAF in March 1937 on a Short Service Commission and was posted to 72 Squadron at Church Fenton on 27 November 1937. On June 2, 1940, he shot down a Ju87 stuka over Dunkirk, then crash-landed, slightly wounding himself, at Gravesend. On 15 August 1940 Oswald shot down a Messerschmitt Bf109. The 22-year-old had been involved in an aerial fight, and he died when his Spitfire, P9458, was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109 over Kent. His Spitfire crashed and burned out at Elvey Farm, Pluckley.
This is a rare part from the battle of Britain and its most famous fighter plane.This is a Control linkage assembly radiator shutter actuating rod this was mounted within the airframe between the cockpit control mechanism and the radiator shutter beneath the starboard wing.
This control linkage is steel and brass made it has a clear to see part number it has some damage from the crash bent up slightly but nothing to bad it still has all of its steel and brass original colours it has not discoloured very much at all with only very light surface rust in a few places and bit of pitting it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the size of the part is 11 inches long and 3 inches wide.The part is from RAF Spitfire number P9458 shot down by German Messerschmitt 109 at 11.15am on 1st September 1940, the pilot Flight Officer Oswald Saint John Pigg during the battle of Britain.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information card with picture of the pilot also with diagram picture showing the part and where abouts on the aircraft it is from in clear pictures..
Oswald St John Pigg served in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. He joined the RAF in March 1937 on a Short Service Commission and was posted to 72 Squadron at Church Fenton on 27 November 1937. On June 2, 1940, he shot down a Ju87 stuka over Dunkirk, then crash-landed, slightly wounding himself, at Gravesend. On 15 August 1940 Oswald shot down a Messerschmitt Bf109. The 22-year-old had been involved in an aerial fight, and he died when his Spitfire, P9458, was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109 over Kent. His Spitfire crashed and burned out at Elvey Farm, Pluckley.
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