German toolbox for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon with paintwork+some markings used on some marks of Messerschmitt 109’s and as a ground anti-aircraft gun,recovered from Luftwaffe airfield at Audembert near Calais in France used by Jagdeschwader 26 in 1940.
This is a very rare find a German toolbox for a Oerlikon 20 mm cannon which has the remains of its white stamped markings on the lid partly clear to see. The box does have lots of its original sand colour paintwork there is a lot of paintwork outside and on the inside of the box all very clear to see.The box has bent up and rusted solid with the lid that does not move both the locks are broken and the box has bent and miss shaped from being buried but the box only has a few rust holes only it is in overall very nice condition but still very rare to find from the battlefield in such good condition with so much paintwork and rare type to find which is 10 inches long by 7 inches wide.The box was recovered from Luftwaffe airfield at Audembert near Calais in France used by Jagdeschwader 26 in 1940.The box comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with picture.
Audembert airfield was a German
airfield 230 kilometers north of Paris.
It was a Feldflugplatz (wartime airfield) of the Luftwaffe during World War II,
but it probably existed already before the outbreack of World War II. It was
located close to a mile from the English Channel. Due to its location, it was
the closest airfield to England, and therefore one of the most important
fighter airfields during the Battle of Britain. In the summer of 1940, the
airfield was used by I./JG26 'Schlageter', flying Bf109Fs. Jagdgeschwader 26
'Schlageter' was the unit of Adolf Galland, a German fighter ace, who later
that year was promoted to command the entire Jagdgeschwader. After the Battle
of Britain, the airfield remained a Luftwaffe unit. The field consisted of a single surfaced runway, some taxi
tracks and hangars. The Luftwaffe continued to use the airfield until the
Normandy invasion in 1944.
After the area was taken over by the Allies in late 1944 however, it was
returned to farmland after the war and is still that today.
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