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Registration: 14141

Construction Number: 14141

Code Number: Black 6

Model Messerschmitt Bf 109G-1/R2

Operator: Flyhistorisk Museum Sola

Airport: Stavanger Sola (SVG / ENZV), Norway

Photographer: john Wiseman

Date Taken: 13/08/2023

Date Submitted: 18/09/2023

16-12-1988 a shrimp trawler returned to port with the middle part of the fuselage and the wings in the trawl net. The remains were taken to the museum. It was a Bf 109 coded Black 6 of 2 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 5. It had crashed 11.10.1943 8 miles NW of Egersund. The pilot baled out after an engine fire while on a technical test flight. He was taken to the Stavanger hospital with minor injuries. Source museum website where details of the restoration can be found.

Picture ID:1857381

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