Germany - Luftwaffe (WW2) Messerschmitt Bf.109E 4101
Alexander Babashov
Sandor Vamosi
Wojtek Zaremba
Image ID: 1116341
Views: 952
Operator: Germany - Luftwaffe (WW2) - 4101
Aircraft: Messerschmitt - Bf.109E
Airport: UK - England - Hendon - RAF Museum
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2018-9-17 by andyhunt [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D850, 1/50s, f/11.0 at 10mm ISO 14400
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Sandor Vamosi
Wojtek Zaremba
Image ID: 1116341
Views: 952
Operator: Germany - Luftwaffe (WW2) - 4101
Aircraft: Messerschmitt - Bf.109E
Airport: UK - England - Hendon - RAF Museum
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2018-9-17 by andyhunt [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D850, 1/50s, f/11.0 at 10mm ISO 14400
Photographer's remark
(28.9.2018, 23:59 CET)
Built at Erla Maschinenwerk in Leipzig in Sept. 1940. This E-4/B served briefly with 6./JG 52 before passing on to 2./JG 51. Black 12 was field modified as a fighter-bomber and was flown in that role on Nov. 27, 1940 by Lt. Wolfgang Teumer when it was bounced by Spitfires from No. 66. Sqn. and crash-landed at Manston airfield. The captured Emil was used for demonstration flights to RAF units. Now displayed in the RAF Museum wearing the emblem of 1./JG 51.
