StangStung wrote:
OK, let's start here:
Bf-109s:
Bf 109 E-3 1342 (N342FH), ex-6./JG 51 "Yellow 8" (Pilot: Eduard Hemmerling) - crashed: 29 July 1940, Yellow 8 , Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, Washington.
Spanish examples (whether converted back to -109 or not):
Recently finished -109G-12 from Meier Motors
HA-1112-M1L c/n 133 C.4K-64 (N109FF), ex-USAFM, <<+- , Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia, re-engined with DB605
HA-1112-M1L c/n 67 C.4K-31 (G-AWHE), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 8", Yellow 14 , Spitfire Ltd, Jersey
HA-1112-M1L c/n 172 C.4K-102 (G-AWHK), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 7", Red 1 , Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
HA-1112-M1L c/n 139 C4K-75 (D-FWME) - Messerchmitt foundation, DB conversion
HA-1112-M1L c/n 156 C.4K-87 (D-FMBB), FM+BB , EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation, rebuilt with a DB605 engine
Wiki shows the following examples, not sure which are flying:
Bf 109 E-3 3579 (CF-EML) - This is the ex-Russell bird.
HA-1112-M1L c/n 235 C.4K-172 (D-FMVS), movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, <- + - , Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.; Hangar 10 Air Fighter Collection GmbH
HA-1112-M1L c/n 234 C.4K-169 (N109W), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 5", <<- + - , Harold Kindsvater, Castle Air Force Base, California
Bf 109 G-14 610937 (N109EV), ex-Bf 109 G-10/U-4, ex-Bulgarian AF, Ex-Yugoslavian AF 9664, 172 Group / 83rd SQ "44", Green << ; Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon. - Pretty sure this one is static now.
I wonder how complete that Wiki list is.
For example, it fails to show the BF109-10/U4 "Gustav" that is on static display in POF museum in Valle Arizona.
This bird is special. It is a real war veteran, build in 1944, that flew combat on the Eastern Front.
It did not crash there and was eventually captured whole by the Americans near Munich in 1945.
They took it to the States and used it for evaluation purposes.
So it is a very unique bird because it is a combat veteran and is still completely authentic. Except for the prop, which got damaged at some point and was replaced by an American one.
In 1957 it was supposed to be scrapped, but Ed Maloney (POF founder) succeeded in buying it.
When I was there in 2011 I was told they probably would not try to get it flying again as it was completely original and they did not want to risk it.
Eric