Late war Bf 109 pictures source

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Thanks Jörg!

Actually Gregor Guttenberger just pointed out the right side half moon under the windscreen convincingly. We thus have either a G-14/AS or a G-10. What about the Erla factory W.Nr. Could this number 50278 written in the usual Erla position in the central space of the fuselage Balkenkreuz be one ? Were they still used at that late time ?
And thanks for the airfield. Scratch that one. What about other locations ? Erfurt ?

Cheers
Marc

[Charles Bavarois]

Hello Marc-Andre'

if this is a Erla Werknummer 50.278,it is RLM Werknummer 151.992, a Bf 109 G10/R6, manufactured late March 1945 and then "abgestellt". That means, the completely finished aircraft was not delivered to Luftwaffe, but simply put on storage at the manufacturer, presumably not even having a BAL Abnahme.

There are quite a few newly a/c put aside in March/April 1945. I can only guess on the reasons for this, perhaps lack of gas, perhaps no need for Bf 109s any more, perhaps no pilots for acceptance or delivery. Rasmussen is the expert on Erla, perhaps he can enlighten us.

Cheeers

Carl

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Many thanks Carl, for your kind help. Beyond the reasons for putting those brand new planes in storage, I still wonder where the pics were taken. Could it be Erfurt Nord ?

Thanks again
Marc

[Charles Bavarois]

Marc-André

IMHO it would be somewhat strange to ferry an aircraft intended for storage to an operational Luftwaffe airfield with no connection to Erla. Especially if the plane wasn't accepted by BAL or if I had no fuel at all.

I think, we should have a closer look on the airfields, which Erla used for final-manufacure or for acceptance flights in 1945. Again: Rasmussen may help us.

Cheers

Carl

[Marc-André Haldimann]

You're absolutely correct, Carl. So let's wait for Rasmussen

Cheers
Marc

[Rasmussen]

An possibility could be Delitzsch. I know some a/c from the 152xxx-batch were ferried from there and they had 2 "Bogenbinderhallen" (maybe this the hangars on the picture but I don't know building plans from there).

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Many thanks, Jörg. Until proven otherwise, I'll go with this tentative location.

Cheers
Marc

[Marc-André Haldimann]

A great new Bf 109 G-6 shot, totally unknown...

http://www.wranglerforum.com/f274/cl...26497-582.html post #17448

IMHO, a WNF built Bf 109 G-6 in the W.Nr. 510xxx 511xxx batch. Tactical marking is "Weisse 5?". Any ideas about unit and location, bar the - obvious - fact this airfield was overrun in Germany, Spring 1945 ?

Thanks in advance
Marc

[Skybert]

Isn't it funny to see the guys at the Wrangler forum drooling allover the jeep and its exhaust stack and completely ignoring the Messerschmitt :-)
What gold is to some is worthless to others depending your filter and focus
Good catch Marc!

[Falcon]

What is a "Wrangler"? I just see that a stupid guy was parking a damn car in front of that nice Messerschmitt before taking the picture. ;-)