Messerschmitt 109 at Hermann Historica

[Felix]

Hello Gentlemen!

I sure dont know where to post this, but I try here since we dont have an "Achtung Luftwaffe" forum.

There seems to be an original, though what seems to be a fully restored, Messerschmitt Bf 109 G 6 at Hermann Historica for sale.

I cant understand all of the desciption because it is in German. Perhaps some one else can post more of the details.

Starting price at Euro 150000

Will be interesting to see what it sells for.

Cheers,
Felix

[RodneyO]

They had it in english, if I just had that kind of money!!
Lot Nr.9009

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 G 6,

non-flying version.
Instrument panel with eleven instruments as well as controls. The instrument panel has a combined turn and bank indicator and artificial horizon, pilot's repeater compass, airspeed indicator, standard and precision altimeter, clock, manifold pressure gauge, AFN 2 radio navigation indicator, direct reading tachometer, propeller pitch indicator, temperature gauge, fuel quantity gauge, fuel-/oil pressure gauge. Reserve tank switch, fuel cock lever, master- and ignition switch, selector switch for the temperature gauge, landing gear control and indicator, ammunition round counter module, oxygen indicator, radio selector switch from W/T to R/T, Revi gunsight (rebuilt), both reading lights, throttle, hand lever for canopy release, valve for the breathing apparatus, two trim controls (one for the elevator), low fuel warning indicator, emergency landing gear release lever, and fuel cock. The shoulder seat belt is present. The instruments are possibly original but have not been examined for completeness. Original, restored rudder pedals. Wooden bucket seat. Fuse box. Rebuilt resin joy-stick with maker's plate. The cockpit with the floor and canopy has been recently rebuilt using original parts. The canopy glass panels have additional armour. Replacement metal propeller with original hub and original cover with manufacturer's plate. Parts of the original Daimler-engine block with air inlet for the (lacking) compressor are present. Restored fuselage, consisting of differentf original parts such as the large engine cowling, eight of the nine tail segments have been recently rebuilt, using original parts such as the tank lid, the type-designation plate for the breathing gear, and plug connectors. The ninth segment is original and bears the factory number plate "44 10 59". Replacement antenna. The wings and rudder have been rebuilt using some original parts. The landing gear struts and tires (PFL/660 x 160) are original, but the covers are replacements. Original tail wheel with shock absorber.
The ME 109 was built in a number of continuously changing configurations over a period of several years. The G-6 variant was the most frequently produced high number version of the ME-109. It was known as the "Beule" (bulge) because of the housing for the weapons mounted on the upper engine cowling in front of the windshield. This increased space was required by the heavier weapons, now consisting of two MG 131 mounted on top firing through the arc of the propeller, which replaced the central MG 151/20 automatic cannon firing through the propeller spinner. There were additional bulges on top of the wings above the landing gear housings to accept the now over-size tires.
The "Yellow 1" and its history: The Bf 109 G-6 with factory number "441059" left the factory in Wiener Neustadt in April 1944, was delivered to a Reich's defense unit, and crashed, presumably in June 1944, after an air battle with units of the US Air Force in the vicinity of the Attersee in the Austrian Salzkammergut. Its pilot was able to bail out safely. Several decades passed, during which it was still a wreck, until enthusiastic aircraft hobbyists began to investigate. During a privately sponsored initial effort to recover pieces of the aircraft in the middle of the 1990s, a fragment of the rear fuselage which still bore the original number plate was found among the pieces, some severely deformed. This allowed the identity of the aircraft to be established beyond reasonable doubt. In 2007, the reconstruction of this Bf 109-G was begun. A team of aircraft restorers analysed the available pieces and came to some interesting conclusions. Although this Bf 109 wasn't made until April 1944, it displayed some features of earlier G-6 models. For one thing, the so-called "bulge" for the air compressor of the pressurised cockpit version of the G-5, which is only found on the first G-6's made around the middle of 1943, was discovered on a fragment of the right side of the engine cowling. For another, ventilation scoops were found on the outside of both(!) lower frame pieces at the sides of the forward section of the canopy, instead of the opening for firing the flare pistol on the right side, which according to current wisdom, was standard from the fall of 1943. This information, indicating that the engine cowling was an earlier version, allowed the use of an original Bf-109 engine cowling, which was fortunately available and which could be combined with the restored "bulge" of factory number "441059". The recovered fuselage, wings, and pieces of cockpit for Bf 109 G-6 441059 were restored as much as possible and integrated with the rear fragment of the fuselage bearing the type-designation plate, to produce the initial reconstruction of the fuselage. There was also an original landing gear present, which only needed slight adjustment to fit, and original 660 x 160 tires of World War II German manufacture in outstanding condition, along with numerous components left over from the previous restoration of a Bf 109 G-14. Of these structural components and small pieces, only those known to have been employed in building the G-6 were used in this reconstruction. The breechblock cover for the cockpit MG was modeled on an original and was rebuilt perfectly in aluminium, whereas the weapon housing in front of the windshield is a G-6 original, only slightly restored. As many original parts and instruments as possible were used to furnish the cockpit. The rudder pedals were made from the original material, and uninstalled but preformed tubes for the electrical cables along the left sidewall of the cockpit were discovered in a set of original Messerschmidt parts among the possessions of a former aircraft assembler at the Wiener Neustadt Messerschmidt factory. To a large extent, the wings consist of original material and bear the old maker's designations from the Second World War. Ailerons, elevators, and rudder were rebuilt from old parts, expertly covered with special fabric, and lacquered. The new propeller blades were assembled with an original hub and an original spinner with the type-designation plate. Altogether, the restoration took more than two years and was finished with the application of the patina at the end of October 2009. This Bf 109 now gives the impression of an airworthy machine which has just returned from a combat mission against the enemy. So far, it has proved impossible to associate the factory number with a specific unit. The place where it was found and the supposed time when it was shot down, however, permit us to conclude that it was a machine from the III/JG-3 "Udet", which was then based at Bad Wörishofen and had lost several Bf 109s in action over the Ostmark region. For this reason, the restorers decided to give the airplane camouflage paint, the white tail band for Reich's defense, and the yellow/brown tactical number of the III Group of the Udet Fighter Wing

[Douglas Jr.]

Pictures?
Link?

[Ian Jewison]

Just to put your minds at rest as I know many of you want to buy it

I received this email earlier:

Dear clients and friends of Hermann Historica,

for those of you who might be interested in bidding for an airplane if they only knew how to take it home: the ME 109 Bf G6 (lot 9009, auction 59) can be shipped partially dismantled (wings removed) in a 40-ft.container!

/Ian

[hucks216]

A couple of pics...

[hucks216]

Personally, I like the Das Reich truck - has that 'lived in' look!