This is a lovely and very rare to find from a battle of Britain German Heinkel He 111 shot down in the battle of Britain. This is a German Luftwaffe LSB/16 headset earphone from a FF33 headphone used by either one of these crew members from the bomber who were still on board who are Unteroffizier K.Glaser of Gefreiter J.Twrdik.
The head phone is not complete but is mostly still there and a has clear to see maker number on it with its lovely leather cushion still its black colour The headphone has very nice original colours and in nice solid condition not braking up or falling apart it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The part is 4 inches long and 3 half inches wide. The crewman headphone was recovered from inside German Heinkel He 111 2/KGr126 work number 6955 which was shot down during the Blitz on London by a British Night fighter at 2.00 am on 16th October 1940, it crashed near London.The part comes with 3 x A5 laminated information card with pictures and crash site and a picture of the complete headset.
The bomber was engaged on minelaying sortie over the Thames Estuary and shot down by No264 squadron Defiant night fighter pilot officer F.D.Hughes and Sergeant F.Gash. The plane crashed and exploded at Creaseys Farm at Hutton near Brentwood at 2.00 am on 16th October 1940. Leutnant.K.Newald and Gefreiter H-J.Granetz bailed out and were captured unhurt.Unteroffizier K.Glaser and Gefreiter J.Twrdik were both killed.
This is a lovely and very rare to find from a battle of Britain German Heinkel He 111 shot down in the battle of Britain. This is a German Luftwaffe LSB/16 headset earphone from a FF33 headphone used by either one of these crew members from the bomber who were still on board who are Unteroffizier K.Glaser of Gefreiter J.Twrdik.
The head phone is not complete but is mostly still there and a has clear to see maker number on it with its lovely leather cushion still its black colour The headphone has very nice original colours and in nice solid condition not braking up or falling apart it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The part is 4 inches long and 3 half inches wide. The crewman headphone was recovered from inside German Heinkel He 111 2/KGr126 work number 6955 which was shot down during the Blitz on London by a British Night fighter at 2.00 am on 16th October 1940, it crashed near London.The part comes with 3 x A5 laminated information card with pictures and crash site and a picture of the complete headset.
The bomber was engaged on minelaying sortie over the Thames Estuary and shot down by No264 squadron Defiant night fighter pilot officer F.D.Hughes and Sergeant F.Gash. The plane crashed and exploded at Creaseys Farm at Hutton near Brentwood at 2.00 am on 16th October 1940. Leutnant.K.Newald and Gefreiter H-J.Granetz bailed out and were captured unhurt.Unteroffizier K.Glaser and Gefreiter J.Twrdik were both killed.
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