Code: 10472
WW2 1941 Heinkel Bomber Crash Windsor Great Park Parachute Souvenir.
A fragment of German parachute silk with original ink written paper label.
The label states
Silk from German parachute. The plane was brought down down in Windsor Park.
Two men baled out and were taken prisoner two died on the way to hospital.
Two were burnt to nothing.
Picked up in the Park by Ted ? Flight Lieutenant RAF
Size 6 1/2 x 6 inches
The aircraft was a He 111 P G1+LS 8/KG55 which came down at Fernhill Cross Roads, Windsor Great Park, Berks. Shot down by a Night Fighter of 151 Squadron credited to Squadron Leader D F W Darling DFC
