Messerschmitt Bf 109

[lufttiger]

This is one of my all time fav planes of WW2, we have a 109G 10 at our
museum which is in excellent flying condition. I sat in the cockpit and
right away you feel tight in the shoulders. But i could see how this closeness
with the plane the pilot might feel as one with it, sort of speak.



Of corse you know who this is.

[McCoy]

Ah, Bubbi's G-10. Nice pic there mate!

There's something with the G-6/AS n' the G-10 that apeals to me.

[McCoy]

Bf109 G-2/trop ”Black 6”

Allthough once again restored to airworthy status after the crash in october 12 '97 it's been grounded.





One of the very few Bf109 G-6 that still flies.




Note the Erla haube that was introduced with G-10. It gives the pilot a better view 'round the plane. It was also installed on G-6/AS variants durin' '44 n' is sometimes called "Galland haube".

Bf109 G-10 ”Black 2”







My absolute favourit picture of an 109.



Bf109 G-10 ”Black 2” in pursuit of an P51D Mustang.



Two nice colour pictures from '42.

Bf109 E-4/trop, what's desert n' whats 109?



Bf109 E-7/trop somewhere over the mediterranian sea.

[McCoy]

Bf109 F-4 Jagdgeswader 3



Bf109 F-4 Jagdgeswader 53 at the Leningradfront.



An F-4 at night.



Cockpiten in a bf109 G. (probably an G-2)



A G-2 cockpit seen from the outside.



Bf109 G-5, one Schwarm G-5 belongin' to Jagdgeswader 27 along the coast.



Bf109 G-6/R6





Bf109 G-6 from an respectable angle.



Just before takeoff with an Bf109 G-6.

[McCoy]

Erich Hartmann flies over his homebase after his 300th airkill in a G-6



Erich Hartmann, the worlds most successful ace with a total of 352 air victorys, all in different variants of the 109.



Bf109 G-10



Engine in a G-10

http://mccoy.mine.nu/109/bf109g10enginecloseup.jpg

Bf109 G-14



Illustration of the cockpit in a Bf109 K-4

http://mccoy.mine.nu/109/109K-4Layout.jpg

An liberated Bf109 K-4 after the war.



Bf109 K-4



An less successful K-4 belongin' to Staffel III, Jagdgeswader 27



Bf109 K-6, the last variant that was to be used but on a very small scale. The Germans just managed to get the production run goin' but very few was made before the end of the war. One notable thing on the K-6 is that once again there was internaly wingmounted cannons, a thing that the Germans stopped doin' when the went from the Emil to Fredrich variants. But now it's 30mm Mk108 cannons instead of the 20mm on the Emil.

Thus the K-6 was by far the most heavly armed 109 variant with 3 Mk108 canons n' two 13mm MG131 guns.

An Bf109 K-6 after the war with USAAF markings.




The airframe of an Spitfire after ONE hit from a 30mm shell from a "liberated" Mk108 cannon that was testfired on the Spitfire by the British!

[Aussie Dave]

I don't have many Bf 109 pictures that aren't already posted, but here are the ones I have that haven't been posted here yet.

Bf 109 with Merlin Engine:

Cheers,
Dave

[McCoy]

Wartime fotage of G-6 durin' takeoff.

http://mccoy.mine.nu/film/109g6.mov

Turn up yer sound to max n' see this clip n' fall in love afterwards. The two most beautiful engines roamin' together in the air. First the high pitch whining of the DB605 engine in the G-6 shortly followed by the roamin' Merlin in the Mk. IX that flies Rote 2 to the Bf109 G-6 in this lovely clip.

YouTube - Bf-109 and Spitfire

[cyberia]

A 7 Staffel fighter sweep over Volkhov

White 6 of 7 Staffel flies escort wing tip to wing tip with a Ju 52

[McCoy]

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 that's still flyin' n' is based in Germany.

[McCoy]