Fighter Sweep Over Kent - Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 Canvas | INCLUDES: Engine Relic

This relic fragment is from Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4, W.Nr. 6218 - known as "Brown 2" piloted by Gefreiter Joachim Hergesell of 3./JG 51. The aircraft took multiple hits on 27 November 1940 and crashed at around 16.00 hrs. Near Iden Green. Much of the airframe remained buried until 1978, when excavation began by the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum. Identifiable components from the airframe, Daimler Benz 601 engine block, radiator, and wiring. From the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum collection. Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4, Daimler Benz 601 engine block, radiator, wiring fragments Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 W.Nr. 6218 fragments