Bf 109 West of Bordeaux

[gilles collaveri]

Hi guys,

I attach some pictures of the plates found and Steve expressed the following comments on them here under. We therefore would be inclined to say "Emil" aircraft.

I am waiting for the date of the crash (even approximate), that would definitely help.

More pictures follow.

Gillles


"my conclusion is that this airplane was a 109 E or F, not a G. Three images point me in that direction. First, page 26 shows a plate from a KG12 stick grip, likely a KG12A. This type of grip was used on the Bf109 E and F, but not the G. Next, page 16 shows a nice data plate. There, the Hersteller is identified as Bosch, but that is wrong. The proper Hersteller entry on that plate is the code "bop." This code represents Bayerische Flugzeugwerke Regensburh Gmbh. Such codes began appearing on airplane data plates in about 1942. F model production began in late 1940 and ran until, I believe, 1941; I believe that the E model production, which began in 1939, would run until 1942. Finally, there is the plate on page 17 which is hard to read. I would normally associate such a 4-line plate with the Bf109F, but I can rule out its use on 109Es. If I had to narrow it down to just one model, I would say that these parts are from a Bf109E. However, I am not 100 percent certain"