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Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:07 pm
Today Platinum Fighter Sales announced on their FB site, that ex-Russell Groups Bf 109 E has been sold to UK.
https://www.facebook.com/platinumfightersalesMichael
Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:35 pm
Well, if I'm completely honest, that would probably be the best environment for it, particularly if the paint is refreshed a bit to bring it more in line with it's Aug/Sept 1940 appearance when flown by a particular misfit by the name of Hans J. Marseille (i.e. strip the silly decorations off of the rudder).
It will look AMAZING in flight with the recently restored N3200 and P9374. I wish the new owners many years of enjoyment in flying and maintaining it... but PLEASE be careful!
Lynn
Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:34 pm
Erich Hartmann was being tortured and tormented by his post war Russian captors and they accused him of being the greatest fighter pilot of all time with 350 victories. He replied "Marseille had 150 on the Western front and one kill on the western front is equal to 3 on the Eastern Front" There will never be another Marseille, it needs to be painted as his bird, IMO.
Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:00 pm
Shame it is going across the pond...glad I was able to see it all those times up at Willow Run.
Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:28 pm
marine air wrote:Erich Hartmann was being tortured and tormented by his post war Russian captors and they accused him of being the greatest fighter pilot of all time with 350 victories. He replied "Marseille had 150 on the Western front and one kill on the western front is equal to 3 on the Eastern Front" There will never be another Marseille, it needs to be painted as his bird, IMO.
CF-EML is already painted in Marseille colours due to the fact that this is the actual one
that he had time on in the ETO
Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:08 pm
Noooooooooo!!!
I'm not even a 109 fan, but something about this plane had me drawn to it. Had I won the lotto, it was coming to my collection.
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