Messerschmitt 109 Data Plate

[Andy Saunders]

I have recently acquired a collection of hundreds of Luftwaffe aircraft data plates. Most originate from the Med and Western desert.

Amongst these plates is one that attracted my interest when I delved further. On it is stamped:

8/109 G-2
14256

I'd welcome any comments on what I may have here.......

[John Manrho]

Well......Andy, I think you know what you have.....at least it seems that way. Maybe you can scan that data plate and we can check if our assumptions are correct!

Cheers,

John.

[harrison987]

Hi!

Best thing to do is attach a pic. Could be a main plate, or parts plate (wing, etc.).

mike

[Tomislav Haramincic]

Hi Andy,

Seems to be a main data plate, the markings fit. If John is wrong and you still don't know what you might have, prepare yourself for a big surprise.

[harrison987]

Ah yes...Marseille... ...

For sure attach pics...if it is correct, you have a VERY RARE item...

mike

[Dénes Bernád]

Any Henschel Hs 129 dataplate(s), Andy?

[ArtieBob]

My guess you have obtained a cache of plates which were removed by the A.I.2.(g) personnel. It is my belief if the plates could be located, they were removed and submitted with the RAF intelligence field reports and ultimately sent to GB. This could be confirmed by someone who has copies of the A.I.2.(g) and MAAF reports. Mine is not very complete, especially for the earlier series, but probably several members of this board have better sets of copies.

Best Regards,

Artie Bob

[John Beaman]

From Rabe Anton:

I suspect Artie Bob is quite correct about the data plates Saunders bought. Years ago, an Englishman named Colin Prately found a trove of German data plates buried at the former site of A.I.2(g) operations in the U.K. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of them. I think this is mentioned in Cornwell, Battle of France. May very well be that Prately is selling or has sold part or all of his holdings.

[harrison987]

I managed to obtain a data plate from a G6/R3, which was well documented....that came from the same hole in the ground in the UK...



mike

[Andy Saunders]

Most certainly not from the Kenley "cache" which I am familiar with and, indeed, many years ago dug up more than a few from that site. This is a new discovery that formed a privately held souvenir collection. They have not been dug out of the ground but had been taken and retained during the war. Most of them originating from Med/Western Desert theatre.