This is a fantastic condition and very rare fire extinguisher valve head assembly from fire extinguishing system from an engine,fuel tank bay or cockpit area. This has clear to see maker marking on the side which shows it is French made under licence for the Luftwaffe.The part which is its lovely shiny steel colour it still has very little corrosion from laying around on the mountain side for many years. The part has damaged by the impact of the crash but it is in nice solid condition with all its original colours and has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 10 inches long and 5 half inches wide. The part comes from German Heinkel he111 3./I./KG 26 Lufttorpedostaffel 1H+BH Work Number 4817 shot down by Sea Hurricane on the 26th May 1942 and crashed in Norway.
The bomber was damaged by a Sea Hurricane from CAM*-ship "Empire Lawrence", after an attack on convoy PQ 16. The aircraft crashed into mountain Neitama on their return to Banak airfield. Convoy PQ 16consisted of 36 Merchant ships of which 8 were sunk in total. The attacks from the air on PQ 16 started late on 25th. May and continued until 30th. May. The Luftwaffe managed to sink six merchant ships during the attacks and lost 10 aircraft one of which was this one.
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.
This is a fantastic condition and very rare fire extinguisher valve head assembly from fire extinguishing system from an engine,fuel tank bay or cockpit area. This has clear to see maker marking on the side which shows it is French made under licence for the Luftwaffe.The part which is its lovely shiny steel colour it still has very little corrosion from laying around on the mountain side for many years. The part has damaged by the impact of the crash but it is in nice solid condition with all its original colours and has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 10 inches long and 5 half inches wide. The part comes from German Heinkel he111 3./I./KG 26 Lufttorpedostaffel 1H+BH Work Number 4817 shot down by Sea Hurricane on the 26th May 1942 and crashed in Norway.
The bomber was damaged by a Sea Hurricane from CAM*-ship "Empire Lawrence", after an attack on convoy PQ 16. The aircraft crashed into mountain Neitama on their return to Banak airfield. Convoy PQ 16consisted of 36 Merchant ships of which 8 were sunk in total. The attacks from the air on PQ 16 started late on 25th. May and continued until 30th. May. The Luftwaffe managed to sink six merchant ships during the attacks and lost 10 aircraft one of which was this one.
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.
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