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BF-109 in India ?

Sun May 03, 2009 12:55 pm

Several years ago I rember reading in air classics about a BF-109E found in India,aparentlly it was used to some sort of aircraft testing by the British in ww2? Does anyone remeber this or know what became of the aircraft ?

Sun May 03, 2009 2:27 pm

Type of aircraft Werk Nr. Country Status Reg
Bf 109E-1/B 4034 England restoration G-CDTI
Additional information
1./JG 77
Black 5
Black 6
Aero Ltd, Jersey. under restoration to airworthiness. Discovered in India, carrying the markings Black 5 and 6.

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Sun May 03, 2009 8:56 pm

thanks that's the one

Sun May 03, 2009 9:01 pm

matt...... can you find amelia earhart's lockheed for an encore?? geez!!! excellent detective work!! what exactly was a 109 doing in india?

Mon May 04, 2009 1:13 am

A lot more detail here on '12 o'clock High'.

PeterA

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthrea ... =109+India

Mon May 04, 2009 1:31 am

Guys,

There used to be a WIX member named, IIRC Jagan.

He was from India, and had good information about this particular Bf; I believe that he has a website called "warbirds of India"


Saludos,


Tulio

Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:36 pm

Any updates on what's happening with this airplane??

Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:01 pm

Updates would be nice

Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:15 am

Tulio wrote:Guys,

There used to be a WIX member named, IIRC Jagan.

He was from India, and had good information about this particular Bf; I believe that he has a website called "warbirds of India"


Saludos,


Tulio


Still around tulio, but got stuck up in other things

my website is at www.warbirds.in / www.warbirdsofindia.com

Scott, apologies for the plug. but it is anyway listed in my profile.

cheers

Jagan

Re:

Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:08 am

Jagan wrote:
Tulio wrote:Guys,

There used to be a WIX member named, IIRC Jagan.

He was from India, and had good information about this particular Bf; I believe that he has a website called "warbirds of India"


Saludos,


Tulio


Still around tulio, but got stuck up in other things

my website is at http://www.warbirds.in / http://www.warbirdsofindia.com

Scott, apologies for the plug. but it is anyway listed in my profile.

cheers

Jagan


Plug away, I love your site and its the first place I go for India related warbird stuff.

Anybody have a current status of this aircraft?
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