Glass framed section of parachute silk from the pilot’s parachute who was Stabsfeldwebel Hans Zander in German Messerschmitt 262 jet plane it was shot down on the 9 December 1944 over Germany by American fighters

This is a rare section of parachute silk from the pilot’s parachute who was Stabsfeldwebel Hans Zander he was killed in German Messerschmitt 262 jet plane the pilot Hans Zander it was shot down on the 9 December 1944 over Germany by American fighters. This rare to find parachute relic obviously it does have some damage from the crash the silk has been burnt in the fire and black stains from that it is a very dirty cream colour it is also very stained from being buried it is still solid and not braking up or crumbling. The part has been mounted in to a glass fronted frame with plane and crash information and pictures the frame is 13 inches by 11 inches in size.A nice ME262 jet relic  from this very late war airbattle.

Messerschmitt me 262 jet plane shot down on 9th December 1944 by US fighter the pilot was Stabsfeldwebel Hans Zander was killed the plane crashed near Stuttgart.

The jet plane of 4/KG51 was at 29,000 feet in the Kirchheim-am Ries area when it was attacked by US P-51 Mustang of the 352nd fighter group flown by Second Lieutenant Harry Edwards number O-701741. The Mustang fired a long burst hitting the ME262 and knocking out one of the plane’s engines the plane then dived towards the ground but was able to level of at 500 feet and was the attacked again by the Mustang this tine Edwards opened fire spraying the jet with bullets knocking of large chunks of it the jet then dived straight in to the ground and exploded in two sheets of flame.