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    Airframe Family: Messerschmitt Bf-109 / HA-1109/1110/1112 / S-99/199
    Latest Model:Bf-109E-4 Emil
    Construction Number:1407
    Compressed ID:Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 cn 1407
    Latest Owner or Location:Deutsches Technikmuseum (Berlin Technology Museum), Berlin, Berlin

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    Dates

    Event

    November 1939

    Constructed as a Bf-109E-3 by Erla Maschinenwerk at Leipzig.

    Transferred to II./JG77.
    Operated with markings: red 5

    27 October 1940

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged on landing at Hitraren Island, Norway.

    Converted to a Bf-109E-4.
    Rebuilt with a new wing.

    Transferred to 14./JG77.
    Operated with markings: black 2

    Transferred to 5./JG 77.

    17 July 1941

    Shot down over Petsamo, Russia resulting in a ditching in Lake Nasykkajarvet, Finland.

    1993

    Recovered.

    From By 1994 to By 2000

    Restoration started at Hereg, Hungary.

    From By 1995 to By 2002

    To Museum fur Verketerund Technik, Berlin.

    By 2001

    Restoration continued at Friedrichshafen, Germany.

    To Deutsches Technikmuseum (Berlin Technology Museum), Berlin, Berlin.
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    2003

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: red 5

    25 July 2012


    Photographer: Laurent Heyligen

    25 July 2012


    Photographer: Laurent Heyligen

    8 September 2018


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Deutsche Technikmuseum in Berlin, Germany.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Preserved Axis Aircraft by Mikael Olrog (originally) and Classic Wings
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