With Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2, MT-233. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Niilo Helander.

A very smart looking Bf-109, albeit a convincing full scale model, on static display at RIAT 2012. It was built by Michael Whiteley and is used by War & Peace Battle of Britain Experience as a travelling exhibit.

Oberfeldwebel Karl Hier of I/JG 76 had to land his Bf 109E at Wœrth, Alsace on 22 November 1939. It was test-flown by the French at Orléans - Bricy, then handed over to the RAF on 2 May 1940. In 1942 it was shipped to the USA for testing at Wright Field. Note the faux swastika painted on by the Americans - they liked to dress up captured aircraft and amazingly, even in this stage of the war it was apparently not a safety concern. We found information that the photo was taken at LGA during the filming of a propaganda reel. P-40E 41-25026 is seen on the right and a P-39 Airacobra, probably 41-7249, on the left. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Luftwaffe reenactment of Bf109 maintenance.

On exhibition at the brilliant Yorkshire Air Museum.

Was part of the Russell Aviation Group but sold and now registered to Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Ltd as G-CIPB . Note the damage to the left wing caused when the aircraft hit a flag pole.

Just delivered to the Finnish Air Force, still German AF paint. The new serial is chalked up behind the canopy. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer: Eino Nurmi.

The Messerschmitt came down on Danish territory near the German border. Aircraft of 2./Jagdgruppe 126, then based at Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein. Schafhaus airfield was built near Kragelund under the German occupation. Photo from: National Museum of Denmark

MT-216 on the right. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer E. Blomberg.

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer E. Blomberg.

These remains belong to a Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3a, a very early export version of the notorious German fighter. Said to be Werk Nr. 2372 with serial L-61it was intended for export to Yugoslavia. It was however not delivered in 1940. It seems to have traces of an unusual mix of German and Yugoslav painting. On the (very) long run intended for restoration.

[Nikkormat FTn + Nikkor 50mm/2]

This Bf-109 was built in Erla, near Leipzig and delivered to JG300/14. On 21st November 1944 near Hannover it was shot down by fire from a B-17 with the loss of pilot Oberfähnrich Karl-Heinz Schirmacher. The frame was recovered in November 1997 and after an extensive restoration, including the original DB 605A motor, is now airworthy and a fine addition to the Hangar 10 collection at Heringsdorf.