"Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 W/Nr 1653 suspended from the rafters of the RNZAF's Technical Training School, which occupied Hangar 2."
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"Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 of 3./JG51 flown by Fw. Wilhelm Erdniss, 27 November 1940 This aircraft, 'Brown 5', W.Nr. 1653, is believed to have been finished in an uppersurface camouflage of 02 and a locally mixed grey."
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