Very rare to find airframe structure section with rubber seal from a German V 1 flying bomb which crashed around the Village of Marden near Maidstone in Kent in around July-September 1944

This is a rare large solid steel airframe structure still with the remains of rubber seal still attached that still has a little bit of original paintwork from a V1  rocket that there is very little about. The section which is rusty but overall nice condition it has ripped off and bent up by the impact of the crash the crash and is in rusty and relic but solid condition it is 6 inches long by 8 inches wide in size.This is is a rare one for any collection and is perfect for display. The part was recovered from the crash site of rom a German V 1 flying bomb which crashed around the Village of Marden near Maidstone in Kent in around July-September 1944.A very nice relic from V1 doodlebug rocket and comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards with photos. 

In all between 13th June 1944 and 29th March 1945 over 2200 doodlebugs fell on London, with 2,400 coming down in Kent. Marden received 15 doodlebug hits during the that period, and it was one of these that caused Marden’s second great war-time tragedy on 3rd July 1944, when a flying bomb, shot down by anti-aircraft fire fell on the Army Camp in Pattenden Lane. Ten members of the Royal Army Service Corps and one of the Army Catering Corps were killed; they are buried in two collective graves in Marden Cemetery. There were eight serious injuries.

In September of the same year, Mike and Robin Judd remember another V1 with flames streaming out of the back swooping down on the village passing low over Turnpike House, pursued by a RAF Mustang. The boys, their mother and grandmother flung themselves to the ground. It too crashed to rest in Pattenden Lane which is the area the part was thought to be found.

The part is thought to be from one of these 2 rockets but not known for sure. Below is a picture of the damage on Marden from 3rd July 144.