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Originally Posted by RudiS
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Thanks for those Rudi. Though heavily pixelated, the Bf 109 seems to be Bf 109 K-4 W.Nr. 334 ... "Schwarzer Winkel kleine 1", Lt. Ernst Dieter Bernhard, Stab III./JG 53.
Low on fuel after flying an interception mission between 17h25 and 18h50 on 19 April 1945, Lt. Bernhard elected to land at Kaufbeuren to refuel. The starboard landing gear refused to lower and despite, Berhnard trying to pull it free with sharp pull ups, he finally had to belly land his brand new machine. He did this very smoothly, ending 50 meters away from the airfield's hangar.
Source: Prien 1998, p. 1073 - 1075.
Another shots of this machine is Prien and Rodeike 1995, p. 176. You have also the same aircraft in colour here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...7631643030771/
Cheers
Marc