Hawker Hurricane Fabric and Airframe Piece, (framed) Battle of Britain

Framed pieces of airframe and Fabric . From RAF Hurricane P3536 of number 17 Squadron. Piloted by Pilot Officer J.K.Ross. He was shot down at 1.50pm on the 13th of October 1940. The Hurricane crashed near Rochester in Kent during the Battle of Britain.

Size of frame 10 in x 10 in

Prior to the Battle of Britain, Pilot Officer Jack Kenneth Ross D.F.C. was a veteran of the air battles over Dunkirk. The experience that he gained harrying German planes over the coast of France proved invaluable to him.

Jack joined 17 Sqdn in May 1940, and took part in the combat over Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain Ross probably destroyed a Me109 on the 14th. He shared a Ju88 on 21st August and shared a Do17 on 3rd September. Ross shared another Do17 on 2nd October but had to make a forced landing when he ran out of fuel. On 6th October he shared in destroying another Do17 and on the 13th he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during a patrol over Chatham. He baled out, wounded, and was admitted to Gravesend Hospital. His Hurricane, P3536, crashed at Rochester. Ross claimed a Do17 destroyed on 27th October and a Ju87 destroyed and probably a second on 11th November. He shared a Ju88 on 11th July 1941. When 134 Squadron was formed at Leconfield on 31st July from 17 Squadron personnel, Ross was promoted and went to the new unit as a Flight Commander. He served in Russia with the squadron and was awarded the DFC (gazetted 25th November 1941). he was Killed on January 6th 1942 when his Spitfire P8393 which suffered a engine or mechanical failure and went down in the Irish Sea. After a search by Pilots form his squadron his aircraft or body was never found.