Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Relics recovered from Junkers Ju 87 B-5518 shot down on 18 August 1940

* Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka'. Relics recovered from Junkers Ju 87 B-5518 shot down on 18 August 1940, including a saddle drum gun magazine (MG15), pilots breathing apparatus comprising oxygen mask with rubber hose and oxygen tank by Draeger numbered 143622 with data plate stamped with Werk Nr 142134 and dated 23 August 1939, presented in a glazed display case, 61.5 x 62 cm QTY: (1) NOTE: Important Notice: All lots from the Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum (lots 401-557) will remain in situ in the Museum and will only be available for viewing and collection from there in Tonbridge, Kent. All viewings and collections are strictly by timed appointment - please see front of catalogue or contact the auction office for details. Provenance: Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum, Malcolm Pettit. Junkers Ju 87 B-5518 was shot down by Sergeant Jim Hallowes of 43 Squadron during an attack on the airfields at Thorney Island, Ford and the radar station at Polling at 14.30 on 18 August 1940. The aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed at Fishbourne Creek, near Chichester. Both the crew members bailed out and both were captured, the aircraft was destroyed. This aircraft was one of 18 lost by StG 77 on a day that became known as the "Massacre of the Stukas" and led directly to the Germans withdrawing their Ju87 units from the Battle of Britain.