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Battle of Britain. A Me110 propeller relic shot down over Coulsdon, Surrey on 6 September 1940, the aluminum propeller section twisted and damaged retaining original paint and inscribed in gold gothic script 'Messerschmitt Bf110 LZ626??? Cannons Hill Golf Course, Coulsdon, Werk No 2146, 6th September 1940, 36cm long Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4, Werke Nr 2146 crashed at 9.35 am on Cannons Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey on 6 September 1940 after a brief encounter with Hurricanes from No 111 Squadron during escort duty over RAF Kenley. The pilot was killed and the wireless operator taken prisoner of war. Local schoolboy, Derrick Smith witnessed the crash, “One morning as we climbed the unmade road from Lodge Lane to Old Coulsdon we heard the crescendo whine of a plane coming down and looked up in time to see a Messerschmitt 110, a twin-engined fighter-bomber, diving vertically at tremendous speed out of the cloud above us. It disappeared behind the trees and as we ran in that direction we heard the explosion and presently saw a plume of black smoke. The plane had nose-dived into the ground behind a house on the edge of Coulsdon golf course and there was little to see by the time we got there: a shallow crater of fresh earth in the green grass, a few lumps of twisted machinery, a great many small pieces of metal and fabric scattered everywhere and a pervading oily smoky smell. We had not seen any parachutes descending and presumably the two-man crew had perished. There was no way of knowing.”