Large section of high pressure airline section from the firing system of the Browning machine guns in RAF Spitfire R6713 was shot down and crashed at Westbere near Canterbury on the 18th August 1940,the hardest day of the Battle of Britain

This is a rare section of High pressure airline from the firing system of the Browning machine guns it is a smaller size part with a connector joint at one end. The airline section is a long part which has ripped and bent in the crash and still retains a lot of its original brass colour in places it has been very well cleaned perfect for display or any collection the part is 10 inches long and 7 inches wide in size and very rare to get these days now such a rare part from a battle of Britain spitfire. The part comes with a A5 laminated information card with a picture on the card of Franiszek Gruszka. These airline section is recovered from RAF Spitfire R6713 was shot down and crashed at Westbere near Canterbury on the 18th August 1940,the hardest day of the Battle of Britain .A lovely group of rare relics from a battle of Britain Spitfire shot down the most famous day of the battle and come with 2 x laminated A5 information cards with pictures.

The pilot was polish officer Franiszek Gruszka he took off in Spitfire R6713 to intercept a German bomber formation. He was seen dog-fighting over Canterbury and Manston and chasing a fleeing German fighter. He never returned to Hornchurch airfield. There were no reports regarding his fate, and his comrades assumed that he was—at best—a prisoner. No news was forthcoming however, and he was classified by the RAF as MIA.

Franciszek "Frank" Gruszka (21 January 1910 – 18 August 1940), Polish soldier (porucznik), Flying Officer (F/O) of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. He was one of the first Polish airmen flying the Spitfire and the last pilot of the Battle buried with honors.

After the outbreak of the war he reportedly shot down a He-111 bomber. On 17 September he passed through Romania, Yugoslavia, and Italy to continue fighting in France, arriving in Paris on 7 October 1939. In December 1939 he was one of the first Polish fighter pilots to arrive in Great Britain after he was shot down he remained missing for 35 years until in the spring of 1975 a World War II aviation archeology group found the remnants of an airplane and its pilot in marshes between Preston Village and Stodmarsh, East Sussex. Because of the swampy nature of the ground, the uniform, Polish airman's emblem, and some personal possessions remained in good condition, even buried after 35 years. Identification of the body was possible due to a golden fountain pen with an engraved dedication from his fellow pilots.He was awarded posthumously with 1939–45 Star with Battle of Britain clasp, Air Crew Europe Star, and War Medal 1939–1945

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