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Barn Find Messerschmitt Starts After Being Stored For 45 Years
Amazing story of warbirds in a barn. Some one of a kind in the world. (planelopnik.kinja.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Your spot on....I was at Moron AB North of Seville in the '60s. An active sqdn of 109s as well as German designed tri-motor tranaports was at Tablada airfield nearer to town....and all flew regularly!
All the German 109's had Daimler Benz engines with fuel injection, they could fly inverted while the Rolls Merlin had a carburetor that ran dry if inverted for very long. This was told to me by one of the few German fighter pilots to survive the War that I got to know when I represented his German company back in the 70's and 80's. he is still alive today living in Hamburg.
About 30 years ago I worked for a FAR 135 freight hauler based at KOAK. The CAF had a hanger down the ramp from us. Used to love watching the old warbirds come to life. Thanks for posting.
This is old news.
A Dutch air Ace was recounting his last battle of WWII for a British TV programme,
"These two Fokker's were coming up fast from below, and two other two Fokker's were coming straight at me."
The host interrupted to say that a Fokker is a type of German aircraft.
The Ace continued "Ja, but these Fokker's were flying Messerschmitt's!"
"These two Fokker's were coming up fast from below, and two other two Fokker's were coming straight at me."
The host interrupted to say that a Fokker is a type of German aircraft.
The Ace continued "Ja, but these Fokker's were flying Messerschmitt's!"
These are actually Spanish built versions of the 109. They are Hispano HA-1112 (or HA-1109). An interesting fact is the Spanish airplanes had Merlin engines in them. This is why the cowling, oil cooler, and exhaust stacks are different from the Messerschmitt 109s.