mkliverock
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, RN228 / 10639 at RAF Henlow August 1967
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, RN228 / 10639 at RAF Henlow August 1967: a scan of course, Kodak Brownie snap by me.
At RAF Henlow by this date for possible use in the Battle of Britain film with applied "White 14" to end up in Hendon museum as "Black 6" colour scheme. WW 2 ex-Bf109E3 4101 but here for RAF Henlow Charity Gala we used to go every summer. Now grounded is the famous Bf 109 G-2 with serial number 10639, produced in September or October 1942 at Erla in Leipzig. It was put in service by the Luftwaffe on October 13th 1942, being marked as PG + QJ and was transferred to 8./JG 27 eight days later, now wearing the "black 6". During a combat above the African desert, the plane was damaged by a Curtis P-40. The pilot, Heinz Lüdermann, landet at Gambut, where the plane was captured by British troops on November 13th 1942. One year later, the plane was shipped to Liverpool and was tested between February 1944 and November 1945. In 1961 it was decided to bring restore to flying condition. According to reports their "restoration works caused more damage than the combat and ended in chaos" so the project was cancelled. So ahead of the filming of the Battle of Britain film it was given this dubious scheme not that it would have been appropriate to have an Emil in a dogfight.
Subsequently, a restoration project was successful and in its original desert camouflage and "Black 6" reappeared. However, on October 12th, 1997, at IWM Duxford it was heavily damaged by a crash landing in an adjacent field. Remarkably some wrote it off but luckily some more determined folk set to and rebuilt to airworthy condition. However, so precious has she become it was decided not to risk it and in March 2002, "Black 6" arrived to join its former enemies in a special display at the RAF Hendon Museum.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, RN228 / 10639 at RAF Henlow August 1967
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, RN228 / 10639 at RAF Henlow August 1967: a scan of course, Kodak Brownie snap by me.
At RAF Henlow by this date for possible use in the Battle of Britain film with applied "White 14" to end up in Hendon museum as "Black 6" colour scheme. WW 2 ex-Bf109E3 4101 but here for RAF Henlow Charity Gala we used to go every summer. Now grounded is the famous Bf 109 G-2 with serial number 10639, produced in September or October 1942 at Erla in Leipzig. It was put in service by the Luftwaffe on October 13th 1942, being marked as PG + QJ and was transferred to 8./JG 27 eight days later, now wearing the "black 6". During a combat above the African desert, the plane was damaged by a Curtis P-40. The pilot, Heinz Lüdermann, landet at Gambut, where the plane was captured by British troops on November 13th 1942. One year later, the plane was shipped to Liverpool and was tested between February 1944 and November 1945. In 1961 it was decided to bring restore to flying condition. According to reports their "restoration works caused more damage than the combat and ended in chaos" so the project was cancelled. So ahead of the filming of the Battle of Britain film it was given this dubious scheme not that it would have been appropriate to have an Emil in a dogfight.
Subsequently, a restoration project was successful and in its original desert camouflage and "Black 6" reappeared. However, on October 12th, 1997, at IWM Duxford it was heavily damaged by a crash landing in an adjacent field. Remarkably some wrote it off but luckily some more determined folk set to and rebuilt to airworthy condition. However, so precious has she become it was decided not to risk it and in March 2002, "Black 6" arrived to join its former enemies in a special display at the RAF Hendon Museum.