Very rare German aerial bomb thick armoured fragment from a bomb dropped and exploded during an air raid on the airfield that was recovered in the 1970’s from the fields which surround Biggin Hill airfield lost in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

This is a Very rare German aerial bomb fragment which looks like a nose cone section which is a very thick armoured section from a bomb dropped and exploded during an air raid on the airfield.The solid steel fragment has no original paintwork remains it has ripped and bent from the force of the explosion when it was drooped it is rusty but solid and in relic condition but not braking up or crumbling it has been very well cleaned it is perfect for display or any collection it is a nice large bit at 10 inches long and 4 inches wide in size and is empty and inert its just solid steel outer case .The bomb fragment was blown in to the fields when it was dropped during one of the raids on the airfield when it was bombed in 1940 and it was recovered in the 1970’s from the fields which surround Biggin Hill airfield. The bomb fragment is a very rare German relic from the attack on RAF airfields in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.The bomb part 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.