This is a Pair of fantastic 303 bullets which are both dated 1939 with maker markings from one of the browning machine guns.
The rounds are brass made and are in nice semi- relic condition and only have survived so well because they were buried so deep which has protected them. The shells have all of there markings that can be seen and have much of there original brass colour. They are complete and only very lightly damaged in crash and still very nice overall condition and are not breaking up or falling apart. They have been very well cleaned and are perfect to display or a nice one for any collection they are empty and inert.The rounds are 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 Pair of fantastic 303 bullets which are both dated 1939 with maker markings from one of the browning machine guns.
The rounds are brass made and are in nice semi- relic condition and only have survived so well because they were buried so deep which has protected them. The shells have all of there markings that can be seen and have much of there original brass colour. They are complete and only very lightly damaged in crash and still very nice overall condition and are not breaking up or falling apart. They have been very well cleaned and are perfect to display or a nice one for any collection they are empty and inert.The rounds are 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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