Complete No 199 Mk IV fuse for a British 3.7-inch anti-aircraft high explosive shell dated 1938 recovered in the 1970’s from the fields which surround Biggin Hill airfield,fired in defense of the airfield sometime during the Battle of Britain in 1940.

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This is a fantastic complete fired No 199 Mk IV fuse for a British 3.7-inch anti-aircraft high explosive shell. The fuse is brass and mag allow made with the remains of both its brass rings still with some maker markings and is dated July 1938 clear to see it has been fired and with some light damage from the impact of the fuse falling back to earth and a bit of pitting from being buried it is in very nice condition which is brass centre and aluminium made outer case it has a lots of original colour and has been very well cleaned perfect for display and a nice one for the collection.The fuse was recovered in the 1970’s from the fields which surround Biggin Hill airfield. The shell this fuse was attached to was fired in defense of the airfield sometime during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.The fuse comes with a A5 laminated information card with pictures. 

RAF Biggin Hill was the location of some of the fiercest fighting in the Battle of Britain in 1940. It was one of the principal fighter bases protecting London and the Southeast. On August 18 1940, the Luftwaffe launched a major attack on the airbase dropping 500 bombs in 10 minutes. Immediately after the attack, personnel at the base rushed to fill in the craters that pockmarked the runway and it was back in use the same day. It remained a prime target for enemy bombers and was attacked again twelve times between August 1940 and January 1941.

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