Hello friends,
time to talk about new projects in the shop. At first another socalled major-project, another Messerschmitt project.
The aircraft is perhaps the oldest operational Messerschmitt Bf109 in the world. We talk about the Emil E-1 6*88 a Spanish Civil war veteran. The project belongs to Robs Lamplough, a british collector, pilot and warbirdenthusiast. The job is to bring 6*88 back into the air again
here a perfect profile painting by my friend Heli Schmidt
The aircraft is in a very bad shape, but the shop thinks that there are a lot of original historica parts which could be used in the restored airframe. The wings are in a pretty good shape, of course also a lot of work.
This Emil got the Spanish serial C.5-88 , tactical code 6-88 and it seems to be that the pilot was Oberleutnant Siebelt Reents. 6-88 was assigned to 1./J/88 and got the wellknown noseart "Holzauge" (wooden eye) on the left side. Reents was squadron leader since 2nd September 1938, so you will find the emblem since that date. Pictures of 6-88 are extremly rare. 6-88 was discovered again in the 80ties, abused as firetrainig object for the airport-firebrigade of a Spanish airfield. The remains were recovered in 1987 (maybe 1983) and sold to Robs.
and the remains in the MeierMotors shop
panorama view
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Matthias Dorst
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