Engine from Bf 109 G-14 Maj. Erich Leie

[Peter S]

Few days ago a group of my colleagues - researchers, found an engine from Bf 109 G-14 in Drogomysl, Poland. This aircraft was flown by Maj. Erich Leie and lost on 7th March 1945.

http://www.308.cieszyn.pl/index.php?...b605&Itemid=22

[harrison987]

Very nice!

I have never seen a warning label like that on a DB605 before...

Interesting...

[RT]

But it had sense

remi


the thing around the engine, I mean the plane not found ??

[308_MiGol]

Originally Posted by harrison987

Very nice!

I have never seen a warning label like that on a DB605 before...

Interesting...

Maybe it's from DB 610?

Short film of engine exploration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBig..._order&list=UL

[ClinA-78]

rude way to unearth...

[Oberst]

very nice find! I thought though that Leie G-14 was shot down way southwest of where the engine was found in Czechoslovakia?

[308_MiGol]

Originally Posted by Oberst

I thought though that Leie G-14 was shot down way southwest of where the engine was found in Czechoslovakia?

We just proved that Leie Bf G-14 was shot down in Poland, several kilometers from the Czech border. The truth is only that he was buried in the Czech Republic, exactly at the Protestant cemetery in Hlučín, near the airfield in Beneschau (Dolni Benesov) , which launched on March 7 his last flight.

New pictures of the engine (already cleaned)
http://www.308.cieszyn.pl/index.php?...6052&Itemid=22

[S Sheflin]

Hi Peter,

First, great find and nice photos. Have you found a Werknummer yet?

Steve Sheflin

[kettbo]

Nice conversation piece.
What are the plans for the engine?

[Peter S]

Guys

You should be addressing your queries to 308 MiGol as he is one of those lucky guys, who pulled out an engine.
I was just a messenger, being unaware that he is also a member of this Forum.
Regards