ID of force-landed Bf109E on beach at Wissant France

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

Can anyone ID this Bf109E (unit, date, pilot, etc). Has this one been shown on ebay or elsewhere?

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...ht_1916wt_1035

I'm pretty sure that other images of this one have been previously published, and want to get this one nailed down.

Thanx,

[F19Gladiator]

Hi Larry,
Discussed also here at LEMB.
Br
Goran

[Larry Hickey]

Goran,

Thanks. I checked this out and saw the speculation about it possibly being one of the a/c of Marseilles. We'll have to see. I'm trying to remember a photo of a force-landed 109 on the French coast that had a dark camo like this, and carried a White or Yellow 7 for the a/c code. I seem to remember that one of the issues of Luftwaffe im Focus identified this one. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? It would help greatly if we could ID these photos with an aircraft code.

Regards,

[ouidjat]

Hello,

It's far to be established, but I'm sure that everyone here thought immediately to one of Marseille's emergency landing.
For sure it's not a Bf109E-7, but since the Marseille plane WNr. given in lost list is a Bf109E-4/E-4B, why not: Plane pictured has a late canopy windscreen!
Concerning the "White 7" Larry is talking about, described in L. in Focus, It was an Erg./JG26 - if it's the same of course.
Last, keep in mind that WNr.6137, I./JG54, is in JG54 lost list: 25/08/1940, Wissant and it is a Bf109E-1.
Of course, two last pictures given by Goran in LEMB depict the very same plane we are talking about for the reason he explained: Propeller blades bending.

Cheers, Franck.

[Larry Hickey]

Franck,

I agree that the images posted on the LEMB are of the same aircraft. I've been carefully saving photos of Luftwaffe beach landings/crashes from the WC and BoB period for several years, and this one does't otherwise lend itself to identification, unless it's the one from Erg/JG26, which IIRC was taken in early 1941. Does anyone remember the issue of "Luftwaffe im Focus" that featured pictures of this one, and its identification?

Regards,

[bn785371]

Hi Larry,
I have a photo of this Erg/JG26 Me109E.It's a E3/4,yellow nose and landed on a shingle seashore!
Regards
René

[John Vasco]

Originally Posted by bn785371

Hi Larry,
I have a photo of this Erg/JG26 Me109E.It's a E3/4,yellow nose and landed on a shingle seashore!
Regards
René

An E-3/4 with MGs in the wings...?

[Larry Hickey]

John,

This would make it likely that referenced photos that started this thread off are NOT the Erg/JG26 aircraft. As you point out, the photos show this as an E-1 with no cannon in th wings.

Regards,

[christian]

Hi

It is not the plane from the I./JG 54, the 2.Staffel had red numbers, and on the first foto i see a part of a black number. Possibly it is a Me Bf 109 E-8, from the JG 3 ???

Greetings Christian

[ouidjat]

Originally Posted by christian

...on the first foto i see a part of a black number. Possibly it is a Me Bf 109 E-8, from the JG 3 ???

Hi Christian,

Where? Did I miss something?

Regards, Franck.