Airframe Piece from Heinkel HE 115… 1940

Description

Piece of airframe from the Heinkel HE115 ,8L+EL3/KU.FL.Gr906. This aircraft crashed into the grounds of Eyke rectory Nr woodbridge, Suffolk at 11.31 pm.

The minelaying aircraft was officially reported as having been disorientated by seachlights but local people believe the pilot mistook a mist which often forms in this field for a sea mist and attempted to land the seaplane on what the pilot thought was water.As it hit the ground its mine exploded, blasting a crater and scattering wreckage for hundreds of yards . All the crew were lost. Wreckage from excavation.

Size 9 inch tall