Tri-Pacer wrote:

I saw an ad in my current Trade-a-Plane for a "new from the factory" Bf 109F
still in its original shipping crate as manufactured in 1942.

Anything's possible. Sweden, Finland, and Spain all bought Bf-109s. Spain
actually started making copies of 109-Gs after the war, using Merlin engines
instead of the German Jumos. One of these copies shows up at Oshkosh or Sun'n
Fun every few years. It's even possible that this is a Luftwaffe aircraft that
got mislaid. The F model was not popular and was rapidly replaced by the Gs as
they became available. Someone could've shoved a brand-new F into the corner as
"obsolete."

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.