ME109 "Barn Find"

[Spantney]

Hey all,

Found this interesting little blog about some ME109's that were uncovered after being in storage for 40 odd years. Apparently they last flew during the filming of Battle of Britain.

Link is here;

http://boschungglobal.com/messerschmitt.php

If you look down the bottom there is a link to a gallery and also a video of them firing an incredibly dusty looking one up. It would be really nice to see at least a couple restored to flying condition!

Cheers,

Ant

[Spantney]

RDMcG said:

They are actually Spanish HAs and not true Bf 109s…were built under licence in Spain. Still nice to see them fly.

Your knowledge of aircraft is evidently more extensive that mine! Cheers

[Spantney]

Eric Mc said:

And they are not a "barn find".

Yeah I know mate, hence the inverted commas in the title and the fact that I already said in my OP they had been in STORAGE for 40+ years

Yertis said:

Out of interest does anyone know why they were fitted with Merlins instead of whatever it was they originally had?

I assume if they were used for filming the Battle of Britain, that surplus Merlin's were maybe more easily obtainable rather than whatever powerplant they were originally fitted with.

Edit: As Eric commented above, didn't realise that they got fitted in service with Merlins, then again I didn't realise that they were actually a Hispano!

Cheers, Ant.

Edited by Spantney on Tuesday 18th November 12:28