Me109 spy plane altimeter discovered + Riddle of the Aviation Museum

A while ago I went to see John Bloodworth who has, for some time, been been collecting and
collating records of WW2 R.A.F. personnel, mainly with Isle of Wight connections. John has
also, a small but interesting crop of artifacts. Just before Christmas, he mentioned to Angela that
he'd recently acquired an altimeter from a Lufwaffe aircraft which had been discovered near
Sandown water-works in 1943. When found, it was still hanging from a torn section of its instrument panel.
By almost certain deduction, this must have fallen from Ltn. H. Jaschinski's Messerschmitt BF 109 G4/3 in which he, with two
other Luftwaffe 109s, had been flying on a photographic mission over Portsmouth.

The date was 16th August, the time was around 1900 hrs and
the height was put at 38,000 feet. The three aircraft were so high that the pilots thought nothing could touch them.
They started back to base and crossed the Solent on a straight course, three contrails were clearly visible to thousands of witnesses.
The ack-ack guns from both sides of the Solent were pumping up futile salvos and even the British on-lookers declared they'd
never reach their targets. However, the gun site at Nettlestone on the island had just been equipped with
new 5.25 inch heavy anti-aircraft guns with radar predictors. The result came from just four, well aimed shots.
The unfortunate Jaschinki's plane was blasted from the sky by the fourth shell. The air was filled with falling tinsel, a flaming fuel tank and
an engine which plummeted into a dung-heap, burying itself 14 feet. No doubt the propeller was still spinning, ....
A case of the fan hitting the shit!

More about this incident and one of the ack-ack girls I have located on
Jonzon 8
which will also take you to my painting of this action:
"The Nettlestone Guns' incredible seven mile shot"