1940 Battle of Britain Framed Relics. RAF Spitfire.

Description

RARE 1940 Battle of Britain Relic pieces from the crash site of Sergeant F.W.Eley (KIA) , Shot down in RAF Spitfire (P93398), Original wreckage fragments from Blake Hall (airscene) Museum Essex.
Size of frame 11 inches x 9 inches.

Britain R.A.F. aircraft wreckage fragment from the British Spitfire (P9398) of No. 74 Squadron. This R.A.F. Spitfire was piloted by Sergeant Frederick William Eley (745677) who was killed in action when he was shot down in this Spitfire (P9398) on July 31st, 1940 by a German Messerschmitt 109 flown by German pilot Hauptman Tietzen (of 4/JG51). Sergeant Frederick William Eley was only 21 years old at the time he was pronounced KIA.

Sergeant F. W. Eley and his Spitfire crashed in flames into the sea at the end of the pier in Folkestone Harbour. These engine wreckage fragments of the British Spitfire (P9398) were recovered from the sea during work to the harbour in the late 1960s.