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To my knowledge there is the merlin engined Bf109 at duxford, and an
originally engined one titled "GUSTAV", it was captured in the desert and restored later it is the only one with its original daimler benz engine still in good nick and still powering the aircraft, last i heard of it was when it was being carted off down under. Its probably back home by now. These are the only ones i know of in UK, but i believe there is at least one owned and flown privately in the USA. "Alistair Gunn" wrote in message . .. Jim Doyle twisted the electrons to say: "M. H. Greaves" wrote in message ... In the film Memphis Belle, they had a Bf109 with a Merlin engine (same engine as in the spitfire and the P51), so they could have a mostly genuine enemy plane (well apart from the engine). Of course there werent any originally engined 109's available. Just the one actually, 'Black 6' at Duxford - (has since crashed into a field at the hands of the then CinC Strike!) IIRC, aren't there effectively 3 "types" of 109 around? [1] Genuine 109s - non flying since 'Black 6' got bent. :-( [2] 'Mules' that have been fitted with a Daimler-Benz DB-605. [3] 'Mules' using an engine other than the DB-605. -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... |
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