
Aircraft | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 July 2025, and has since been viewed 73 times. |