This is a large section of mauve camouflage painted aluminium airframe structure from a Messerschmitt 109 shot down over Malta.With the very rare bit is it has the remains of one of the black painted bulken cross insignia you can see the black edge against the edge of the mauve paintwork so from top or the bottom of the cross not where the white outline was you can see the clear between the two colours. This is a large aluminium made airframe section that does have very rare mauve paintwork remains only used by certain Luftwaffe units in the Mediterranean theater. This panel which has a lot of paintwork still on it which is from the famous mauve camouflage paintwork scheme it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it has been very nicely cleaned and still retains a lot of its original colour and is a large size at 15 inches long by 6 inches wide. The panel comes with 3×A5 laminated information cards with pictures.
The part comes from Messerschmitt 109 work number 7295 of 6/JG53 based in Sicily. The Messerschmitt 109 was in action over Malta on the 15th May 1942 when it was shot down by RAF spitfire flown by Squadron leader Douglas-Hamilton of 603 Squadron. The pilot of the Messerschmitt was Leutnant Herbert Soukop. Herbert was wounded after the head-on attack by the spitfire. He baled out and was captured with a broken arm and taken prisoner of war. The Messerschmitt crashed at Hal Far in the extreme south of Malta.
This is a large section of mauve camouflage painted aluminium airframe structure from a Messerschmitt 109 shot down over Malta.With the very rare bit is it has the remains of one of the black painted bulken cross insignia you can see the black edge against the edge of the mauve paintwork so from top or the bottom of the cross not where the white outline was you can see the clear between the two colours. This is a large aluminium made airframe section that does have very rare mauve paintwork remains only used by certain Luftwaffe units in the Mediterranean theater. This panel which has a lot of paintwork still on it which is from the famous mauve camouflage paintwork scheme it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it has been very nicely cleaned and still retains a lot of its original colour and is a large size at 15 inches long by 6 inches wide. The panel comes with 3×A5 laminated information cards with pictures.
The part comes from Messerschmitt 109 work number 7295 of 6/JG53 based in Sicily. The Messerschmitt 109 was in action over Malta on the 15th May 1942 when it was shot down by RAF spitfire flown by Squadron leader Douglas-Hamilton of 603 Squadron. The pilot of the Messerschmitt was Leutnant Herbert Soukop. Herbert was wounded after the head-on attack by the spitfire. He baled out and was captured with a broken arm and taken prisoner of war. The Messerschmitt crashed at Hal Far in the extreme south of Malta.
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