[harrison987]

Hi!

As far as I know, after all data plates were removed, it was scrapped.

The condition was fairly bad.

I am not sure the mentality back then, but I know it was acquired "under the table". With communism being so close, and now owning a fascist aircraft, I think there was an underlying fear.

The same happened with an Me109K-4 that was found around the same time.

Most of the photos I have came from the estate Hans Herman Lohse who was the original owner of the FIRST FMBB. He restored it back to static after the crash. It now sits in the US, awaiting restoration to airworthy.

In his estate, were all of his restoration photos of FMBB, along with photos of Dittes' restoration. I suspect they worked closely together at that time.

I don't want to post pics right now, as I do not want them blasted all over the web. But I can tell you 100% that 613024 is clearly marked on the original coolant tank, before all tanks were blasted and re-painted to how they look low.

There are also some photos of an Me109 K-4 wreck (though just the cockpit section), as well as a compeltely restored Me109 K-4 tail gear leg. The note wrtten states it is from a K-4 that crashed at Altenhorst/Langenhagen on December 31, 1944. There is a werk# attributed, but it is too high for a K. Anyone have info on that one?

Mike