Richard T Eger
08-11-2003, 12:25 PM
The Warbird Alley website, by Buck Wyndham & Peter Tillson, describes itself as "an online reference source for information about privately-owned, ex-military aircraft." The site address is:
http://www.warbirdalley.com/
Sections of Luftwaffe interest are:
Aircraft Information, Histories, Links and More - As the section title describes, there are presented for each aircraft brief histories, technical data, a photo, and links to information on where examples of that specific aircraft is currently located.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Flug Werke, Gammelsdorf, Germany
Fw 190 Restoration at Flying Tigers Museum, Florida, USA
Texas Air Museum, Rio Hondo, Texas, USA
Messerschmitt Bf-109 - Includes link to a pilot's report.
Dakota Messerschmitts
Flug Werk, Gammelsdorf, Germany
Heinkel He-111 / Casa 2.111
He 111 visits Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Commerative Air Force)
Fieseler Fi156 Storch
CAF Ghost Squadron -- Fi 156 Storch, Texas
John's Slepcev Storch Project - Canada, Australia, China, Italy
USAF Museum Storch, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
Junkers Ju 52/3m
CAF Great Lakes Wing Ju 52, N352JU, near Chicago, Illinois
Ju-Air, Dubendorf, Switzerland
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun - Includes link to Bf 108 flight report.
Messerschmitt Me-262
Planes of Fame, Chino, California
Me 262 Project, Everett, Wasington
Note, while I have only listed where information on specific aircraft are located, other, more general, information is also offered via links.
Warbird Restoration and Maintenance Links - Links to about 30 restoration shop sites.
Warbird Organizations - Links to about 50 organizations.
Museums - Links to museum sites around the world.
Airshow Links - About 25 listed.
Additional Warbird Links - Very good selection of links on the following topic areas:
Databases and History Resources
Archaeology and Collector's Resources
Books / Manuals / Magazines / Webzines / Videos
Photo Archives
Aviation Art
Pilot Supplies / Clothing / Flight Gear
Warbird Aircraft Acquisition Sources
Miscellaneous
Warbird News - A monthly update on warbirds news.
Regards,
Richard
Richard T Eger
05-01-2004, 12:55 PM
Simon Gunson
Member
Posted: 01 May 2004 02:37
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Notwithstanding regular airshow dogfights between Spitfires and guest star Bf-109-G aircraft most Easters, New Zealand has a Bf-108 resident near Auckland. This site is worth a look at:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/bf108.html
...and this is what it had to say about the Bf-108 Taifun:
New Zealand's sole example of the Bf108 is registered as a Noord 1002 Pinguin. However, the aircraft was built in 1943, prior to the manufacturing plant being moved to France (June 1944), and can be considered a real Messerschmitt. During its wartime service, the aircraft was shot down twice. Rebuilt in March 1945, it was given the Noord c/n 103. The Luftwaffe aircraft was surrendered in Belgium in June 1945.
The aircraft entered the civil register as OO-NET. Exported to the USA in 1968, the Bf108 became N108H in 1973. It then passed through a succession of owners in New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada and Texas before reaching R.L. van Buskirk in Vero Beach Florida. Rebuilt by Piper Aircraft the aircraft received a 300hp Lycoming in place of the original inverted V4 Argus engine. This along with the installation of butane guns, and a Bf108 style paint scheme allowed the aircraft to be employed in film work.
In March 1989, the Bf108 was exported to South Africa. There it was registered ZS-WFI to C. van der Walt of Wonderboom, near Pretoria. Maurice Hayes and Colin Henderson travelled to South Africa to check the aircraft out before importing it to New Zealand in March 1996. They registered the aircraft as ZK-WFI with their company 'Fighter Trainers ltd'. The aircraft is now registered to 'In Touch Travel Limited'
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simmon_gunson@paradise.net.nz
Richard T Eger
05-17-2004, 05:01 PM
The AXLs Plane Gallery website, by Alex Postma, contains a very large collection of Axis aircraft photos, some vintage and some of preserved aircraft. The site address is:
http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/index.asp
The section of interest is:
WWII Axis - photos
Bf 108 - 12 color, 4 b&w
- Includes A/C at Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.; Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels, Belgium; Ex N108H, OO-NET, New Zealand; Germany; Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung, Germany; Imperial War Museum, London, England
Bf 109 - 26 color, 8 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Hendon, England; German Air Force Museum, Germany; Finnish AF Museum, Tikkakoski, Finland; USAFM, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.; IWM, Duxford, England; NASM, Washington D.C., U.S.A.; Planes of Fame, California, U.S.A.; Fundacja Polskie Orly, wnr 163306, Poland; Bf 109G-10 W.Nr. 151591, EADS, Messerschmitt Foundation, Germany
Bf 110 - 8 color, 11 b&w
Me 163 - 10 color, 15 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Cosford, England; Luftwaffe Museum, Gatow, Germany; IWM, Duxford, England.
Me 262 - 12 color, 22 b&w
- Includes A/C at Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany; NASM, Washington D.C.; U.S.A.; Vojenske Muzeum, Kbely AB, Czech Republic; South African National Museum of Military History; South Africa.
Me 323 - 6 color, 14 b&w
Me 410 - 7 color, 6 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Cosford, England
Messerschmitt P.1101 - 7 b&w
Ta 152 - 8 b&w
Ta 154 - 6 b&w
Fw 187 - 1 color, 8 b&w
Fw 189 - 3 color, 27 b&w
Fw 190 - 12 color, 29 b&w
- Includes A/C at USAFM, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.; RAFM Hendon, England
Fw 200 - 3 color, 19 b&w
Ju 52 - 2 color, 8 b&w
Ju 87 - 8 color, 29 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Hendon, England
Ju 88 - 4 color, 8 b&w
-Includes A/C at RAFM Hendon, England
Ju 287 - 9 b&w
Ju 290 - 9 b&w
Ju 388 - 2 color, 11 b&w
Ju 390 - 4 b&w
Do 17 - 2 color, 11 b&w
Do 18 - 1 color, 8 b&w
Do 24 - 2 color, 11 b&w
- Includes A/C at Militaire Luchvaart Museum, Kamp Van Zeist, Netherlands
Do 26 - 2 color, 7 b&w
Do 215 - 7 b&w
Do 217 - 1 color, 17 b&w
Do 335 - 3 color, 13 b&w
- Includes A/C at NASM Garber, Silver Hill, MD, U.S.A.
Do J Wal - 1 color, 8 b&w
- Includes A/C at Technical Museum, Lujan, Argentina
He 59 - 1 color, 11 b&w
He 100 - 1 color, 4 b&w
He 111 - 8 color, 30 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Hendon, England; Confederate Air Force, Midland TX, U.S.A. (crashed and destroyedon 10 July 2003); Norwegian Aviation Museum, Norway
He 111Z - 9 b&w
He 112 - 1 color, 11 b&w
He 114 - 6 b&w
He 115 - 4 color, 9 b&w
He 177 - 2 color, 11 b&w (possibly 1 of these is in color)
He 162 - 4 color, 11 b&w
- Includes A/C at Planes of Fame California, U.S.A.; IWM, London, England; Le Bourget Paris, France; RAFM Hendon, England
He 219 - 2 color, 6 b&w
He 280 - 8 b&w
Hs 123 - 1 color, 10 b&w
Hs 129 - 1 color, 8 b&w
Bv 138 - 2 color, 16 b&w
Bv 141 - 11 b&w
Bv 222 - 17 b&w
Bv 238 - 6 b&w
Fi 103 - 1 color
- Missile at Historisch-Technisches Informationszentrum, Peenemünde, Germany (replica containing original parts)
Fi 104R - 6 b&w
Fi 156 - 27 color, 11 b&w
- Includes A/C at CAF Texas, U.S.A.; USAFM, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.; Swiss Air Force Museum, Switzerland; Luftwaffe Museum, Gatow, Berlin, Germany; Fi 156 W.Nr. 475309, Kermit Weeks, Florida, U.S.A.; Flygvapenmuseum, Linköping, Sweden.
Ar 196 - 5 color, 11 b&w
- Includes A/C at NASM Garber, Silver Hill, MD, U.S.A.
Ar 232 - 9 b&w
Ar 234 - 4 color, 11 b&w
- Includes one A/C variously at NASM, Garber, Silver Hill, MD, U.S.A.; NASM, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; NASM, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, VA, U.S.A. (current A/C location).
Ar 240 - 8 b&w
Ba 349 - 5 color, 12 b&w
- Includes A/C at NASM, Garber, Silver Hill, MD, U.S.A.
Caproni Campini CC.1 - 7 color, 4 b&w
- Includes A/C at the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle, Rome, Italy
HA-1112-M1L (Spanish-built Bf 109) - 15 color
- Includes A/C at Planes of Fame, Chino, CA, U.S.A.; Fighter Factory, Suffolk, VA, U.S.A.; National Aviation Air Museum, ONT, Canada, on loan to Western Canada Aviation Museum, Canada; OFMC, Duxford, England, crashed on 25 Sept. 1999 in Spain; Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui - 5 color, 4 b&w
- Includes A/C at Planes of Fame, Chino, CA, U.S.A.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Nagoya, Japan
Nakajima Kikka - 9 b&w
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka - Baka - 6 color, 12 b&w
- Includes A/C at RAFM Cosford, England
My thanks go to Mikael Olrog who helped with identifying the locations of the preserved Axis aircraft.
Regards,
Richard
Richard T Eger
12-05-2004, 12:57 PM
From TOCH!:
John Beaman
Re: Bf109-G6 Info
Tue Nov 9, 2004 14:34
24.163.23.156
Bf 109G-6, 163824, Flzg.Überführ.G. 1, 12-Aug-44, Collision on ground with Bf 109G-6 WNr. 20488, Lfl. 10 BA-MA Signatur RL 2 III/780, p.92, Fl.Pl. Rheine, 30%
Richard T Eger
12-05-2004, 12:57 PM
From TOCH!:
Michael Gorman
W. Nr. 163824
Tue Nov 9, 2004 16:09
81.130.85.146
Hi Doyle,
Not sure what other information you may be seeking. This aircraft, currently at the Treloar Centre in Australia, is probably one of the most written-about '109s in existence. Amongst others, Brett Green's book "Augsburg's Last Eagles" (Eagle Editions) discusses it extensively, and there are many photos on Lynn Ritger's 109Lair website. John Beaman's loss report entry is interesting, as it shows why the aircraft was remanufactured.
Regards,
Michael Gorman
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