A portion of the wreckage of a Second World German bomber shot down over Britain: an H-section...

A portion of the wreckage of a Second World German bomber shot down over Britain: an H-section aluminium beam 30 cm., the web perforated with 30 mm holes, riveted to a small piece of twisted sheet aluminium; mounted on a wooden base with plate inscribed: 'Dornier Do17z / III Gruppe 9 Staffe; KG 76 / Brought down over Britain / 15th/16th November 1940', surmounted by a kit-built model of a Dornier DO17.

Known informally as the 'Flying pencil', the Dornier Do17 was a formidable fast bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Developed during the period of illegal German re-armament in the early 1930s, and upgraded and modified numerous times during the war. This relic is to be sold for the benefit of Salisbury Trust for the Homeless.