
07-16-2011, 05:39 AM
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Messerschmitt BF109 E1/7
Werke No: 3523
Unit Code: 5./JG5
Built: September 1939 by Arado GmbH at Warnemunde as an E1 variant, but later upgraded to an E-7 standard in 1942.
Last Mission: Shot down by a Hurricane whilst on an escort mission 04th April 1942, this aircraft was flown by highly decorated German Pilot Wulf-Dietrich Widowitz.
Purchased and recovered by Jim Pearce, Northern Russia, August 2003.
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