Three machine guns recovered from the crashed Bf 110D. These are Rheinmetall MG 17s, 7.92mm (0-312in) calibre, with a rate of fire of up to 1,100 rounds per minute. The guns were new and packed with grease. There was no ammunition in the aircraft.

One of the Daimler-Benz 601A engines recovered from the crashed Bf 110D, photographed in November 1964 when on display at RAF Biggin Hill.

View of the Messerschmitt Bf 110D, radio code VJ+OQ, Werknr 3869, after crashing on Bonnyton Moor, south of Glasgow, at 2309hr on May 10, 1941.

View of the Messerschmitt Bf 110D, radio code VJ+OQ, Werknr 3869, after crashing on Bonnyton Moor, south of Glasgow, at 2309hr on May 10, 1941.

The fuselage of Hess’s Bf 110D at the Imperial War Museum.