List of surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s

List of surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s
Bf 109G-10
Black 2 + -
Messerschmitt Museum

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945.

Spain had signed licensing agreements with Messerschmitt in 1942 to produce the Bf 109G-2 and had received tooling and jigs in preparation for starting production, as well as 25 uncompleted fuselage and wing assemblies. Due to priority to the Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt was unable to oversee the start-up of the production line. In addition, Hispano Aviación was also unable to acquire the Daimler-Benz DB 605 engines due to wartime shortages. It was not until 1947 that the factory started to produce complete airframes. As a replacement engine comparable to the DB 605A the Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 was fitted to these aircraft. Aircraft with this engine were designated HA-1109-K1L (65 being produced). In 1954 Hispano Aviación re-engineered the airframe to accept the Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45 and produced the HA-1112-M1L. Production of the Hispano Aviación HA-1109 and HA-1112 Buchons ended in 1958,[1] however Spain continued to use the HA-1112 operationally until late 1967.

In 1946 Czechoslovakia restarted the closed Messerschmitt production line at the Avia Company[2] in Prague using the original jigs and tooling along with a substantial number of uncompleted airframes. From 1946 to 1949 about 550 airframes were completed as Avia S-99s, resembling a Bf 109G-14, and Avia S-199s (Jumo engine, otherwise unchanged).[1] Due to a fire in a warehouse a substantial number of DB 605 engines were lost and as a substitute the Junkers Jumo 211 was found in substantial quantity. Unlike either the original DB 605 or the Roll-Royce Merlin, the torque of this substitute engine was extremely high resulting in a high fatality rate from these aircraft.[citation needed] Production ended in 1948, and the Czechoslovak National Security Guard retired the last of the S-199s in 1957.

Post war, in addition to the Spanish and Czechoslovakian Air Forces, both Finland and Switzerland continued to use the Bf 109 operationally until the late 1950s. The then-new nation of Israel purchased 25 Avia S-199s (23 delivered) when, due to being embargoed, it was unable to acquire aircraft from other sources. The Israel Air Force retired its aircraft in early 1949.

From 1945 to 1948, the majority of the grounded aircraft of Germany and the axis powers that had received the Bf 109s were quickly destroyed/scrapped. Some examples were taken as either captured aircraft/war trophies/technical examples for further studies. For the next 23 years, these were the first generation of Bf 109 survivors.

In 1967 with the planned filming of the movie The Battle of Britain the producer wanted an accurate large screen presence. Fortunately, the Spanish Air Force was starting to retire its HA-1112s and an agreement was reached to use these aircraft. The Confederate Air Force had also just purchased numerous examples of the HA-1112. These aircraft were also leased for the production of this movie. For the next 35 years, these Spanish Bf 109s were the mainstay for numerous World War II aviation movies and television work, including Hanover Street, Memphis Belle, The Tuskegee Airmen and Piece of Cake just to name a few.

Starting in late 1988, Bf 109s were among numerous crashed examples of World War II aircraft still extant in Russia that were being recovered for restoration. Other examples of the early models of the Bf 109 have been found in crash sites in France and Italy (as well as several aircraft recovered where they had been buried in Germany). These aircraft with known combat histories are the foundation of the current wave of recovered/restored Bf 109s with further discoveries anticipated.

About twenty of the surviving Bf 109s existent in the 21st century at one time served with the Luftwaffe fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 5, more than with any other Axis military aviation unit that existed in World War II.

Contents

Bf 109 Survivors

Each entry describes one remaining complete or partial airframe.

  • Aircraft Number: is the aircraft model, construction number, serial number, and current civil registration if it has one.
  • History: is an abbreviated aircraft history, oldest first
  • Markings: the markings the aircraft currently carries e.g. codes and name
  • Holder: is current owner, e.g. a museum
  • Location: the location of the aircraft or its owner
  • Condition:
(A) = Airworthy
(D) = Display
(R) = Under restoration
(S) = Stored
(W) = Wreck
(U) = Unknown Location
  • If Latitude & Longitude coordinates are given, aircraft is on permanent outside display and may be seen in aerial photography

Messerschmitt

Bf 109B

  • Bf 109B/V10a W/nr 1010 (D-IAKO), Oberschleißheim, Munich, Germany (R)

Bf 109E

Bf 109E-1 790
  • Bf 109E-1 W/rn unknown, Ex-Spanish AF C4E-88, Robs Lamplough, Hungerford, UK (R)
  • Bf 109E-1 854, Charleston Aviation Services (S)
  • Bf 109E-3 1185, ex-Bf 109E-6, Lotnictwa Astronautyki Museum, Krakow, Poland (W)
Bf 109E-3, 1289
  • Bf 109E-3 2023, ex-Bf 109E-7, ex-8/JG 5 "Black 9" (pilot Ofw. Walter Sommer) - crashed 27 May 1943, Fighter Factory Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA (R)
  • Bf 109E-3 3285, ex-Bf 109E-7, ex-4/JG 5 "Black 12", "White 4", "Yellow 2", Finnish AF Museum, Tikkakoski (S)
Bf 109E-3 3579
  • Bf 109E-3 3535, Ed Salesky, British Columbia, Canada
note: cockpit section from Bf 109G-2

Bf 109F

Bf 109F-2 Tropical 31010
White 6
South African Museum
  • Bf 109F-4 7108, ex-NE + ML, ex-9/JG 5, Central Finland Aviation Museum, Tikkakoski, Finland (D) [18]
  • Bf 109F-4 7485, ex-9/JG 5 "Black 1" Charleston Aviation Services, UK (S)
  • Bf109F-4/Z 7504, ex-7/JG 3 "White 10 + |" (pilot Fw. Rudolf Berg) - crashed 28 March 1943, Russia (R) [19]
  • Bf 109F-4 8347, ex-6/JG 54 "Yellow 10", Charleston Aviation Services, UK (S)
  • Bf 109F-2 8993, ex GC + KQ, ex-2/JG 3, ex-Bf 109F-4, ex-JG 54 "White 2", ex-9/III JG 5 "Yellow 3" (pilot Obgfr. Eugen Britz) - crashed 3 April 1943, " Yellow 3 " Germany (R) [21]
note: wings and parts
note: w/rn unconfirmed
  • Bf 109F-4 w/rn unknown, ex-JG 5 "White 4", Belgian (R) [25]

Bf 109G

Bf 109G-2/Trop 10639
Black 6
RAF Museum - Hendon
  • Bf 109G-2 10394, ex-6/JG 5 "Yellow 2" (pilot Fw. Erwin Fahldieck) - crashed 29 April 1943, Malcolm Laing, Texas, USA (R)
  • Bf 109G-2 10438, ex-7/JG 54 "Blue 1", Russia (W)
  • Bf 109G-2 13427, ex-9/JG 5 "Yellow 2", Russia (S)
  • Bf 109G-2 13500, ex-II/JG ? "Red 4" USA (R)
  • Bf 109G-2 13605, "Yellow 12", Germany (R)
Bf 109G-2 Yellow 14 in the Wings of a Dream Museum, Brazil
  • Bf 109G-2 13916, Aircraft Restoration Group Ltd (R)
  • Bf 109G-2/R6 13927, ex-6/JG 5 "Yellow 6", USA (W)
Bf 109G-2 14792
Yugoslavian Aviation Museum
note: werk number not confirmed
  • Bf 109G-2 14798 (VH-EIN), ex-GJ+QP, ex-8/JG 5 "Black 10", Christopher Kelly, Seaforth, Australia (R)
  • Bf 109G-5 15343, ex-5/JG 53 "Black 11", " Black 11 ", Aviation Museum at Seppe, Breda, Netherlands (D) [32]
  • Bf 109G-2 15458, Charleston Aviation Services, UK (R)
  • Bf 109G-6 15458, ex-8/JG 1 "Black 10", ex-III/JG 1, CW Tomkins Ltd, England (R)
Bf 109G-4 19310
White 3
Technikmuseum Speyer
  • Bf 109G-6 15678 ex-9/JG 54 "Brown 7"- crashed Jul 1943, Atlantic Wall Museum, Netherlands (R)
note: fuselage only.
  • Bf 109G-4 19310, ex-BH + XN, ex-4/JG 52 "White 3" "Nesthäkchen" - crashed 20 March 1943, " White 3 ", Technikmuseum Speyer, Germany (D) [33][34]
  • Bf 109G-4 19586, ex-5/JG 27 "Red 11 + -" (pilot Uffz. Herbert Lotter) - crashed 18 June 1943, San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily (W)
  • Bf 109G-6 26129 ex-RV + IS, ex-II/JG 54 "Black 3", Aéronautique Provençale, France (W)
  • Bf 109G-6 410077 (VH-BFG), ex-RK + FY, ex-IV/JG 54 "<+", Germany (S)
  • Bf 109G-6 411768 ex-FN + RX, ex-RW + ZI, ex-II/JG 5 "Black 1", " Black 1 ", Vadim Zadorozny Technical Museum, Moscow, Russia (D) [35]
Bf 109G-6 163306
Red 3
Fundacja Polskie Orły
  • Bf 109G-6/U4/R3 163824(G-SMIT), ex-NF + FY, Australian War Memorial, Mitchell, Australia (D) [40]
  • Bf 109G-6/U2 165227, ex-BV + UE, ex-Finnish AF MT-452 "Yellow 4", " Yellow 4 ", Suomen Ilmailumuseo, Utti, Finland (D)
  • Bf 109G-6/Y 167271, ex-VO + GI, ex-Finnish AF MT-507 "Yellow 0", " Yellow 0 ", Central Finland Aviation Museum (FAM), Tikkakoski, Finland (D) [41]
Bf 109G-10 610824
Blue 4
USAF Museum
D-FWME (FW-ME), a Bf 109G-4, at RIAT 2010.
note: wings from Czech Avia
  • Bf 109G-10 w/n unknown (D-FDME), " Black 2 + - ", EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation (A) [44][45]
note: parts from Bf 109G-10 151591 used in restoration
note: wings from HA-1112-M1L C.4K-40?
  • Bf 109G-14 610937 (N109EV), ex-Bf 109G-10/U-4, ex-Bulgarian AF, Ex-Yugoslavian AF 9664, 172 Group / 83rd SQ "44", " Green << ",[46] Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon, USA (A)[47][48]
  • Bf 109G-14 784993 ex-IV/JG 53 "White 13", " White 13 ", Aviaticum Wiener Neustadt, Austria (D) [50]

Hispano Aviación

HA-109-K1L (Bf 109G-2)

  • HA-1109-K1L C.4J-??, " <<< Yellow 4 " Luftwaffen Museum, Gatow Germany (D) [51] note: Rebuilt as Bf 109G-2 with DB605
  • HA-1109-K1L c/n 54 C.4J-??, Messerschmitt Museum, Manching (D)
  • HA-1109-K1L c/n 56 C.4J-10, ex-94 Sq "94-28", " 94-28 ", Museo del Aire, Madrid, Spain (D)[52]

HA-1112-M1L

  • HA-1112-M1L c/n unkn C.4K-30, ex-471 Sq "471-26", movie: Battle of Britain , Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring. Texas, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 120 C.4K-77 (N700E), " Yellow 3 ", Planes of Fame, Chino, California, USA (D)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 129 C.4K-61 (G-AWHE) , movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 133 C.4K-64 (N109FF), ex-USAFM, " <<+- ",Fighter Factory, Suffolk, Virginia, USA (R)
note: being engined with DB605
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 137 C.4K-116 (N6109), Quantico, Virginia, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 139 C4K-75 (D-FWME), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 11", " Red 7 + ~ ", Messerschmitt Air Company, Germany (A) [2] [55]
note: engined with DB605.
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 144 C.4K-162, UK (A)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 145 C.4K-105 (N6036), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 4", ex-Edwards Collection, Richard Hansen, Batavia Illinois, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 156 C.4K-87 (D-FMBB), " FM+BB ", EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation, Germany (A)[56]
note: Rebuilt with DB605 engine.
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n unkn C.4K-111, ex-471 Sq "471-15", movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 166 C.4K-106 (N90607), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 8", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas,, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 172 C.4K-102 (G-BWUE), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 7", " Red 1 ", Spitfire Ltd, Jersey. (A) [58]
note: rebuilt as a Bf 109E with DB601 engine.
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 187 C.4K-99 (N90604), ex-7 Sq "7-77", movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 5", " Yellow 5 ", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 190 C.4K-126 (N90603), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 9", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, USA (S)
On limited display at Wittmundhafen AB, Germany (Markings: Black 12)
note: rebuilt with DB 605 engine
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 195 C.4K-135, movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, St Louis, Missouri, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 201 C.4K-131 (OO-MAF), movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum", " White 1 Sabine ", Eric Vormezeele Collection, Brasschaat, Belgium (A) [60]
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 211 C.4K-148, ex-471 Sq "471-23", " 471-23 ", Museo del Aire, Madrid, Spain (D) [61]
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 213 C.4K-1?? (D-FEHD), " Black 15 ", Messerschmitt Foundation, Germany (D) [62]
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 220 C.4K-152 (N4109G), movie: Battle of Britain "White 5", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, USA (S)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 223 C.4K-154, movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, USA (S)
note: Rebuilt with DB605 engine.
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 234 C.4K-169 (N109W), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 5", " <<- + - ", Harold Kindsvater, Castle Air Force Base, California, USA (A)
  • HA-1112-M1L c/n 178 C.4K-178, movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, Geneseo, New York, USA(S)
note: Rebuilt with DB601N engine.

HA-1112-M4L

  • HA-1112-M4L c/n unkn C.4K-112, Accepted: Spanish AF, Assigned: 7 Sqd (codes:7 Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg 92), Assigned: 40 Sqd (codes: 40 Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg 2), Movie: 1969 "The Battle of Britain" (markings: Red 11), Sold: 1970 Wilson Edwards (N1109G)
Currently in storage with the Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, USA (markings: Red 11)

Škoda Works

Avia S-199 (Bf 109G-14)

S-199 782358 IAFM
  • S-199 782358, ex-Israel AF, "IAF roundel.svg 112D " Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Air Force Base (D) [67]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nowarra 1993, p. 189.
  2. ^ A division of the Škoda Works
  3. ^ http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/sammlungen/verkehr/aeronautics/propeller-planes/aeronautics-hall/messerschmitt-me-109
  4. ^ 790 <- + - (airliners photo collection)
  5. ^ 790 (Paul Nann Collection)
  6. ^ 790
  7. ^ Imperial War Museum
  8. ^ 1190 (airliners photo collection)
  9. ^ 1190 (Panul Mann Collection)
  10. ^ 2242 J-355 (airliners photo collection)
  11. ^ 2242 (Paul Mann Collection)
  12. ^ 3579 White 14 (airliners photo collection)
  13. ^ 4034
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ 4101 Black 12 (airliners photo collection)
  16. ^ 4101
  17. ^ 5975 (Warbird Recovery)
  18. ^ 7108 (Preserved Axis Aircraft Collection)
  19. ^ 7504 (preserved axis aircraft page)
  20. ^ 8461 (preserved axis aircraft page)
  21. ^ 8993 Yellow 3 (preserved axis aircraft page)
  22. ^ Canada Aviation Museum
  23. ^ 10132 (airliners photo collection)
  24. ^ South African Museum of Military History
  25. ^ White 4 (preserved axis aircraft page)
  26. ^ 10639 Black 6 (airliners photo collection)
  27. ^ 10639 "Black 6"
  28. ^ 14256 Yellow 14 (airliners photo collection)
  29. ^ Yellow 14
  30. ^ 14753 "White 3"
  31. ^ 14792 (airliners photo collection)
  32. ^ 15343 (airliners photo collection)
  33. ^ 19310 White 3 (airliners photo collection)
  34. ^ 19310 White 3
  35. ^ 411768 "Black 1 (airliners phto collection)
  36. ^ 160163 "White 2"
  37. ^ 163306 Red 3 (airliners photo collection)
  38. ^ 163306 Red 3 (Yugoslavian Modlers)
  39. ^ 163306 "Red 3"
  40. ^ 163824 (airliners photo collection)
  41. ^ MT-507 (airliners photo collectionj)
  42. ^ National Museum of the United States Air Force
  43. ^ 610824 Blue 4
  44. ^ Black 2 (airliners photo collection)
  45. ^ 151591 Black 2 + -
  46. ^ Evergreen Ventures
  47. ^ 610937 << (airliners photo collection)
  48. ^ 610937
  49. ^ 611943 Yellow 13
  50. ^ 784993 White 13 (airliners photo collection)
  51. ^ C4J-?? <<< Yellow 4 (airliners photo collection)
  52. ^ C4J-10 94-28 (airliners photo collection)
  53. ^ HA-1112 67 Yellow 14 (airliners photo collection)
  54. ^ HA-1112 67 (Courtesy Aircraft)
  55. ^ HA-1112 139 "7" (airliners photo collection)
  56. ^ C4K-87 (airliners photo collection)
  57. ^ C.4K-100 71-9 (airliners photo collection)
  58. ^ C4K-102 Red 1 (airliners photo collection)
  59. ^ HA-1112 392 (airliners photo collection)
  60. ^ C4K-131 White 1 (airliners photo collection)
  61. ^ C4K-158 (airliners photo collection)
  62. ^ C4K-1?? Black 15 (airliners photo collection)
  63. ^ C4K-170 Yellow 4 (airliners photo collection)
  64. ^ C4K-172 <- (airliners photo collection)
  65. ^ C4K-172 Black 14 (airliners photo colleciton)
  66. ^ 199178 UC-25
  67. ^ 782358 112D (airliners photo collection)
  68. ^ 199565 UC-26 (airliners photo collection)
  69. ^ 199565 UC-26

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