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An original and highly recognisable part which is pilots rudder pedals port side from the cockpit floor which is maker marked with a few different part numbers and stamps from an RAF Lancaster bomber. This rare cockpit pedal assembly mounted on the cockpit floor directly in front of the pilot's seat, where it was used to operate the aircraft's rudder and wheel brakes during flight.
Manufactured from a heavy magnesium alloy and steel also aluminium, this is a superb surviving example that retains most of its original finish and black paintwork remains, together with some of its manufacturer's markings and part numbers, which remain clear to see and the part still partly moves like it should. The component has sustained only moderate impact damage from the crash and has been carefully cleaned and stabilised, while preserving its original character, colouring. Measuring approximately 14 inches long by 5 inches wide, it is an impressive and highly displayable relic that would make an excellent addition to any RAF or Lancaster collection. The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with diagram and map.
This component was recovered from Avro Lancaster R5679 of No. 61 Squadron, coded QR-O. On the night of 24/25 September 1942, the aircraft was engaged on a mine-laying operation over the shipping lanes of the Frisian Islands and the Baltic Sea.
At approximately 02:13 on 25 September 1942, the Lancaster was intercepted and shot down by Leutnant Karl-Heinz Brandes of 7./NJG 2. The aircraft crashed near Grønhøj, Denmark, exploding on impact. Of the 23 RAF sorties flown that night, R5679 was the only aircraft lost.
Tragically, all seven members of the crew lost their lives:
Sgt. L. W. Morrison
Sgt. C. N. Caldicott
Sgt. J. A. Duffield (RCAF)
Sgt. A. M. Cormack
Sgt. E. Dyson
Sgt. W. Y. Emerslund (RCAF)
Sgt. T. H. Bevan
All are buried at Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark.
The night fighter responsible for the interception, operated by 7./NJG 2, was most likely a Junkers Ju 88 C-6b, one of the Luftwaffe's principal night fighters during this period of the war.
The relic is supplied complete with three A5 laminated information cards, including historical information, period photographs, and detailed diagrams showing the pedal assembly and the original location of this component within the Lancaster cockpit.
This is a very rare item from an aircraft flown by a famous German ace it is a electrical distribution box for the MG 131/151 machine guns which distributes and switches power to the aircraft’s armament components,
The box is aluminium made still with some electrical connectors still attached and with lots of original gray paintwork and red undercoat primer still with lots of original colour it is 7 inches long and 4 half inches wide in size it has some damage from the crash and being buried but nothing bad. The box is still very solid and have been very well cleaned it is perfect condition for display or any collection. The part comes from Messerschmitt Bf 110 number 5477 flown by ace Hauptmann August Geiger shot down on 29 September 1943 in the Netherlands. The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures also map and diagram.
On the night of September 29, 1943, the German Luftwaffe night fighter Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 (Werknummer 5477 / squadron code G9+ER) took off from Twente airfield to intercept Allied bombers. Flying with the unit 7./NJG 1, the aircraft was shot down at 20:35 over the Netherlands by British Wing Commander J.R.D. "Bob" Braham in an RAF No. 141 Squadron Beaufighter. The damaged twin-engine fighter plunged into the IJsselmeer (Zuider Zee) approximately 8 kilometres northwest of Harderwijk. Both crew members, the decorated ace Hauptmann August Geiger and his radio operator Feldwebel D. Koch, lost their lives in the crash and are buried today at the Ysselsteyn military cemetery.
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This is a aluminium and steel made structure part which has no real paint work remains left and has corroded badly from laying around the woods for around 20 odd years but still a very rare part from a famous Messerschmitt 109 originally flown by ace Werner Molders. The aircraft had 49 kills painted on it but the pilot that day was Spanish Civil War Legion Condor veteran Hauptmann Hans Asmus. There is very little of this aircraft as it blew up in mid air so was scattered over a massive area.
The part which has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash it is still very solid and not braking up or falling apart and has been very well cleaned but does not have much original colour and the steel section is rusty but solid the part is 7 half inches long by 2 inches wide in size and a very rare one for display or any collection. The part comes from famous German Messerschmitt 109 number 3737 originally flown by ace Werner Molders but flown day by Hauptmann Asmus shot down on 25 October 1940 and crashed in pieces over the village of Marden and local area in Kent during the battle Britain.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures also a diagram. The parts were recovered in the 1960’s by a collector who recovered them from the woods around the milebush area which was one of main sites that wreckage fell in to.
On October 25, 1940, a historic Luftwaffe fighter—a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/N, Werknummer 3737—was shot down and destroyed over Marden, Kent. Belonging to the command flight of Stab/JG 51, this specific aircraft was highly prestigious, serving as the personal, battle-tested mount of legendary German ace Werner Mölders. However, on the day of the crash, Mölders had just upgraded to a newer model, leaving his decorated "Emil" to be flown by Hauptmann Hans Asmus. Struggling to keep pace with the newer Bf 109 F-models in the formation, Asmus became isolated and vulnerable during a high-altitude sweep over the English coast.
The lagging fighter was quickly intercepted and jumped by Hawker Hurricanes from RAF No. 501 Squadron, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Eustace Holden and Pilot Officer Vivian Snell. Under a heavy barrage of gunfire, the Bf 109 suffered catastrophic damage, exploding in mid-air and scattering wreckage across Coxhill Farm and the Milebush Inn area. Asmus was thrown clear of the disintegrating fuselage while still strapped to his seat; he miraculously regained consciousness during the freefall, unbuckled, and deployed his parachute to land safely, spending the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War (POW). When British recovery teams inspected the shattered tail unit, they were stunned to find 49 victory markings (Abschussbalken) painted on the rudder—a legendary tally that initially baffled local intelligence until they realised Asmus had simply inherited the aircraft from Mölders.
This is a aluminium and steel made structure part which has no real paint work remains left and has corroded badly from laying around the woods for around 20 odd years but still a very rare part from a famous Messerschmitt 109 originally flown by ace Werner Molders. The aircraft had 49 kills painted on it but the pilot that day was Spanish Civil War Legion Condor veteran Hauptmann Hans Asmus. There is very little of this aircraft as it blew up in mid air so was scattered over a massive area.
The part which has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash it is still very solid and not braking up or falling apart and has been very well cleaned but does not have much original colour and the steel section is rusty but solid the part is 7 inches long by 3 half inches wide in size and a very rare one for display or any collection. The part comes from famous German Messerschmitt 109 number 3737 originally flown by ace Werner Molders but flown day by Hauptmann Asmus shot down on 25 October 1940 and crashed in pieces over the village of Marden and local area in Kent during the battle Britain.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures also a diagram. The parts were recovered in the 1960’s by a collector who recovered them from the woods around the milebush area which was one of main sites that wreckage fell in to.
On October 25, 1940, a historic Luftwaffe fighter—a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/N, Werknummer 3737—was shot down and destroyed over Marden, Kent. Belonging to the command flight of Stab/JG 51, this specific aircraft was highly prestigious, serving as the personal, battle-tested mount of legendary German ace Werner Mölders. However, on the day of the crash, Mölders had just upgraded to a newer model, leaving his decorated "Emil" to be flown by Hauptmann Hans Asmus. Struggling to keep pace with the newer Bf 109 F-models in the formation, Asmus became isolated and vulnerable during a high-altitude sweep over the English coast.
The lagging fighter was quickly intercepted and jumped by Hawker Hurricanes from RAF No. 501 Squadron, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Eustace Holden and Pilot Officer Vivian Snell. Under a heavy barrage of gunfire, the Bf 109 suffered catastrophic damage, exploding in mid-air and scattering wreckage across Coxhill Farm and the Milebush Inn area. Asmus was thrown clear of the disintegrating fuselage while still strapped to his seat; he miraculously regained consciousness during the freefall, unbuckled, and deployed his parachute to land safely, spending the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War (POW). When British recovery teams inspected the shattered tail unit, they were stunned to find 49 victory markings (Abschussbalken) painted on the rudder—a legendary tally that initially baffled local intelligence until they realised Asmus had simply inherited the aircraft from Mölders.
This is a aluminium made structure part which has no real paint work remains left and has corroded badly from laying around the woods for around 20 odd years but still a very rare part from a famous Messerschmitt 109 originally flown by ace Werner Molders. The aircraft had 49 kills painted on it but the pilot that day was Spanish Civil War Legion Condor veteran Hauptmann Hans Asmus. There is very little of this aircraft as it blew up in mid air so was scattered over a massive area.
The part which has ripped and bent up by the impact of the crash it is still very solid and not braking up or falling apart and has been very well cleaned but does not have much original colour the part is 6 inches long by 4 inches wide in size and a very rare one for display or any collection. The part comes from famous German Messerschmitt 109 number 3737 originally flown by ace Werner Molders but flown day by Hauptmann Asmus shot down on 25 October 1940 and crashed in pieces over the village of Marden and local area in Kent during the battle Britain.
The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheet with pictures also a diagram. The parts were recovered in the 1960’s by a collector who recovered them from the woods around the milebush area which was one of main sites that wreckage fell in to.
On October 25, 1940, a historic Luftwaffe fighter—a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/N, Werknummer 3737—was shot down and destroyed over Marden, Kent. Belonging to the command flight of Stab/JG 51, this specific aircraft was highly prestigious, serving as the personal, battle-tested mount of legendary German ace Werner Mölders. However, on the day of the crash, Mölders had just upgraded to a newer model, leaving his decorated "Emil" to be flown by Hauptmann Hans Asmus. Struggling to keep pace with the newer Bf 109 F-models in the formation, Asmus became isolated and vulnerable during a high-altitude sweep over the English coast.
The lagging fighter was quickly intercepted and jumped by Hawker Hurricanes from RAF No. 501 Squadron, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Eustace Holden and Pilot Officer Vivian Snell. Under a heavy barrage of gunfire, the Bf 109 suffered catastrophic damage, exploding in mid-air and scattering wreckage across Coxhill Farm and the Milebush Inn area. Asmus was thrown clear of the disintegrating fuselage while still strapped to his seat; he miraculously regained consciousness during the freefall, unbuckled, and deployed his parachute to land safely, spending the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War (POW). When British recovery teams inspected the shattered tail unit, they were stunned to find 49 victory markings (Abschussbalken) painted on the rudder—a legendary tally that initially baffled local intelligence until they realised Asmus had simply inherited the aircraft from Mölders.
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This is a very rare Navigation equipment panel with maker label attached to the back of it still with most of its maker markings clear to see. The panel is located in the middle of the fuselage in the Navigator’s position.
This aluminium made panel is missing all of its part attached to front of it and has some damage from the impact of the crash it has ripped and bent. The panel still with lots of original black paintwork it has been very nicely cleaned but is still dirty in places from the recovery but still retains a lot of its original colours and is a nice size at 11 inches long by 6 inches wide it is perfect for display or any collection. The panel is from German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor number 0140 on return from patrol crashed in to mountains in Norway on 27 December 1942.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures also diagram and map.
On 27 December 1942, a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor (Werk-Nummer 0140, code F8+AK) belonging to the Luftwaffe unit 2./I./KG 40 crashed into Mount Kvitanosi in the Stølsheimen mountains of Hordaland, Norway. The maritime patrol aircraft struck the mountain slope in severe winter weather while returning to its base at Stavanger-Sola. Out of the six crew members on board, four were killed—including pilot Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel—while two injured crewmen survived a grueling trek down the mountain to find help. Today, wreckage remains on the mountain, though significant sections (including the port wing) were recovered in 2009 to aid in a major Fw 200 restoration project.
Fatalities (4 KIA):
Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel (Pilot / Officer in Command)
Unteroffizier Adolf Liebscher (Pilot)
Feldwebel Erwin Kopp (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Karl Pech [1]
Survivors (2 injured):
Unteroffizier Walter Schwartz (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Fritz Albrechts (Mechanic)