Captured BMW - Car - Not an Aircraft

[Kickinghorse1]

Originally Posted by Nordpol54

@ RolandF,

yep, and this type of BMW is to be seen in a very well known picture, showing him and his Fw 190 as well.

Best Regards
Norbert

That would be nice if someone could post that picture of Pips Priller.

Perhaps it is the same car.

Apparently, when the "ruling party" confiscated automobiles, they were not too interested in these BMW's, because their high compression engines required high octane gasoline. Although they were rare cars, a high number survived the war because they were not usable for most purposes.

It's no surprise these cars would be usable around Luftwaffe airbases by pilots because they would have access to high octane aviation fuel.

http://www.supercars.net/cars/160.html