hi guys thanks for the info the access panel came from the rear fusalarge near the tail, i think it was for the radio bay, The information I have on this item is as follows, sometime around 1943/44 a Spitfire crashed or crash landed in a farmer’s field in France the pilot bailed out and survived the crash, shortly after the Germans came to inspect and cart away the wreckage this and a couple of other items were salvaged from the wreck site by a member of a French family who had seen the aircraft come down, then the panel was hidden in a cellar and there it stayed till sometime after the wartime the panel then ended up in the hands of a Frenchman who collected WW2 items found in the region and was stored in his barn with all his other items, sometime in the 70s, the guy who i purchased it off then purchased it off the farmer. all i new about the cannon fairing its from the port side and that it was a cannon fairing and because i think only mkv’s where fitted with the hispano 20mm my guess was it was a later mark spit, unless any one can tell me anything more than FIREBEX so kindly said i wont bother posting the numbers, one final favour to ask you guys attached is so photos of what was descrided to me as a spitfire wing ammo bay part has anyone got any photos of it in situ or any further info on it,
As always thank you all for your help so far
kind regards Sam

hi sorry no dash number, i was looking to buy one thats on ebay and i wanted to know what it was fitted to but as it seems the specific type was not fitted to the spitfire or hurricane so i’ve kind of lost interest in the idea but thanks for the offer thought, thanks guys!