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Re: Soviet Bf109B
According to Lennart Andersson "A Bf 109B-1 (s/n 6-15)of the Legion Condor was captured when it landed behind the republican lines in December 1937. After being tested by a French technical commission in February 1938 it was sent to Odessa and then to Moscow for evaluation at the NII VVS, where it was flown by P M Stefanovsky, S P Suprun and others." The Soviets purchased 5 Bf 109E-3s for evaluation then ended up in a museum after the war. What ever markings the Soviets gave their evaluation types bought from other countries may be how this one was painted also.
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