Aircraft Photo of 610824 | Messerschmitt Bf-109G-10/U4 | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #826902
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:610824
Military Code:4
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Bf-109
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Bf-109
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Bf-109G-10/U4
C/n (msn):610824
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Unit Markings:JG 300
Location
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDWF   IATA: -   Local: DWF   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
 
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 826902
Photo Comment

Built as a Bf-109G-6 in 1942, this aircraft is recorded as serving the Bulgarian AF as 610824 then the Yugoslav AF as 9964 before remanufacture as a Bf-109G-14/U4 in Vienna in 1944. Operating as 'Black 2' with II./JG52 in 1945, it was captured at Neubiberg in May and shipped to the US as FE-124 then T2-124. Moved to Freeman Filed, IN in 1946, it was used for displays. In the late 1960s restoration began in California with the wings of a Czech Avia S-199. Transferred to the UK then Evergreen at McMinnville, OR, in 1990 it was registered as N109MS and converted to Bf-109G-10 spec. Loaned in 1999

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