This is a very rare to find part in fantastic condition from a Battle of Britain RAF hurricane.This is a main airframe structure joint from the fuselage or cockpit area which is maker marked stamped made at the Hawker factory and is unique structure section which is only used by RAF Hurricanes.This steel and aluminum made joint part of the main structure of the aircraft which is a few parts riveted and bolted together it does still retain all of its original colours and some original green and black paintwork remains it has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash.The part is in fantastic condition with lots of clear to see part numbers and maker stamps including the Hawker inspection stamps and all Hurricane part numbers and stamps.The part is in nice solid condition and has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display and a very rare one for any collection the part is 23 inches long again rare to get this size of Hurricane relic. The part comes from an RAF Hurricane which there is not much around now these days it is RAF Hurricane V7500. The pilot was Austrian Ace Count Manfred Beckett Czernin he was shot down by German Messerschmitt 109 piloted by Ace Adolf Galland at 10.20am on the 17th November 1940 during battle of Britain.The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with pictures of the pilots involved and all the details of the aircraft when it was built and the pilot’s details
Hurricane V7500 was with 17 squadron shot down on 17th November by German ace Adolf Galland it was his 54th victory and he shot down two other Hurricanes in the same combat. The dogfight took place over RAF Wattisham and despite being wounded Czernin managed to bale out of his burning Hurricane by parachute the plane crashed near Bradfield Church north of Dorchester in Dorset.
The manufacturer of the aircraft was Hawker Aircraft Ltd. at Brooklands. Batch Details: V7500 was one of 1,000 Hurricane Mk.I aircraft ordered under contract number 6230/39. This block of serial numbers (V7200 to V7505) was produced between July 1940 and early 1941.
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin fought with distinction throughout the Battle of Britain tallying a Dornier DO17 of II/KG2 on 12 July (shared) which crashed into the sea near a convoy off Orfordness. In the following month he shared a JU88 bomber on 21 July and got three Messerschmitt 110’s (including one shared) on 25 July. Later on Czernin shot down two more Messerschmitt 110’s on 3 September a Messerschmitt 109 and two shared Heinkel 111s on 5 September a Messerschmitt 110 on 11 September, a JU 88 bomber shared on 19 September and one more Messerschmitt 110 on 27 September and a Dornier DO17 shared on 24 October.
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin was a notable WWII Royal Air Force pilot and Special Operations Executive (SOE) operative, becoming a 15-victory ace during the Battle of Britain before being parachuted into occupied Italy to lead partisans, earning the DSO, MC, and DFC for his exceptional service he died in London on the 6th October 1962 aged 49 years old.
This is a very rare to find part in fantastic condition from a Battle of Britain RAF hurricane.This is a main airframe structure joint from the fuselage or cockpit area which is maker marked stamped made at the Hawker factory and is unique structure section which is only used by RAF Hurricanes.This steel and aluminum made joint part of the main structure of the aircraft which is a few parts riveted and bolted together it does still retain all of its original colours and some original green and black paintwork remains it has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash.The part is in fantastic condition with lots of clear to see part numbers and maker stamps including the Hawker inspection stamps and all Hurricane part numbers and stamps.The part is in nice solid condition and has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display and a very rare one for any collection the part is 23 inches long again rare to get this size of Hurricane relic. The part comes from an RAF Hurricane which there is not much around now these days it is RAF Hurricane V7500. The pilot was Austrian Ace Count Manfred Beckett Czernin he was shot down by German Messerschmitt 109 piloted by Ace Adolf Galland at 10.20am on the 17th November 1940 during battle of Britain.The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with pictures of the pilots involved and all the details of the aircraft when it was built and the pilot’s details
Hurricane V7500 was with 17 squadron shot down on 17th November by German ace Adolf Galland it was his 54th victory and he shot down two other Hurricanes in the same combat. The dogfight took place over RAF Wattisham and despite being wounded Czernin managed to bale out of his burning Hurricane by parachute the plane crashed near Bradfield Church north of Dorchester in Dorset.
The manufacturer of the aircraft was Hawker Aircraft Ltd. at Brooklands. Batch Details: V7500 was one of 1,000 Hurricane Mk.I aircraft ordered under contract number 6230/39. This block of serial numbers (V7200 to V7505) was produced between July 1940 and early 1941.
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin fought with distinction throughout the Battle of Britain tallying a Dornier DO17 of II/KG2 on 12 July (shared) which crashed into the sea near a convoy off Orfordness. In the following month he shared a JU88 bomber on 21 July and got three Messerschmitt 110’s (including one shared) on 25 July. Later on Czernin shot down two more Messerschmitt 110’s on 3 September a Messerschmitt 109 and two shared Heinkel 111s on 5 September a Messerschmitt 110 on 11 September, a JU 88 bomber shared on 19 September and one more Messerschmitt 110 on 27 September and a Dornier DO17 shared on 24 October.
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin was a notable WWII Royal Air Force pilot and Special Operations Executive (SOE) operative, becoming a 15-victory ace during the Battle of Britain before being parachuted into occupied Italy to lead partisans, earning the DSO, MC, and DFC for his exceptional service he died in London on the 6th October 1962 aged 49 years old.
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