Help re info on ME 110

[letrbuck]

Gentlemen,

Attached are some pictures of the piece I mentioned. I purchased this in Switzerland from a younger woman who told me that it was her great-grandfather's and that he cut it from an airplane that crashed in their field in England. She wasn't necessarily looking to sell it, but wasn't sentimentally tied to it either. There was quite the attention with others when I was talking with her. Any help or assistance to identify if it's original and if so, what type of plane it may be from would be great. I believe it may be a 110. I'm having trouble figuring the bars. They are not kill markings. I thoiught they may be mission markings, but that doesn't seem to be the German practice. Any advise, assistance etc would be helpful. thanks.


LetRBuck

[Larry Hickey]

They look very much like victory tabs on a Bf-110 to me.

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi.


If the piece is genuine, these are kill markings in my opinion.

If it is from a Bf 110, it could be a piece of the front of the rudder with a 'low placed' swastika as seen at least early, with the kill markings above it.

The fact that the markings have no roundels on them are not of significance, the most rudders I have seen have plane 'bars' like this with no more 'info' attached.

Andreas

[Larry Hickey]

It would greatly help to ID this particular relic if you were able to determine where, on what farm, the girl from whom you bought it came from. The precise locations are known for almost all German fighter losses during the Battle of Britain, which was the only time a Bf-110 from a combat unit would have come down in Britain. If the location--farm, village, county--were known, it would be relatively easy to ID the specific aircraft, even if the girl does not know when it happened. There are regular visitors on this board who could almost instantly identify the plane to which it belonged.

Are you still able to contact her for this information?

Regards

[Boandlgramer]

may its from an Heinkel He111 Bomber .

i try to scan a picture i have at home, but probable my scanner does not work .
still i try it.

[letrbuck]

To all,

Thanks for the information re my little find. Regrettably, I no longer live in Switzerland and am unable to contact the lady for any more information. Any idea where I can find schematics of either the 110 or 111 to determine what type of plane this came from? I'm thinking I may be able to match rivit patterns. I believe this is from a 110, but still not sure. You all have been a great help.

LetRbuck