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    #1

    If your still interested...

    Thanks to Carl Evans and Carl's friend Eirch Brown we have managed to find out the pilot of the Me 109 in my Grandads photo.

    <img src="http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=740624" width=474 height=324 >

    The pilot was Unteroffizier Wolfgang Bierstedt, who was killed in this aircraft while taking off from Merduma. It was listed as 100% written off.

    Erich says he imagines that the aircraft was set back onto its legs and that the pilot must have gone through the canopy or hit his head on the revi or dash, being that the aircraft looks in pretty good shape.

    Thanks again Carl, Eirch and everyone else that helped (Including those who helped with the tank!)!!!
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    Hi David

    That being the case wouldn't the propeller blades show signs of damage? Perhaps killed whilst taxying?



    regards

    Simon
    Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.

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      #3
      I would imagine that this plane was not the one Herr Bierstedt was KIA in. Simon is correct. The plane would have suffered much greater damage to have been scrapped w/ 100% damage - the prop would have been bent, at the least. This is most likely a replacement plane given the same aircraft number designation "13" - this numeric code was not a unique number assigned to individual aircraft. If one "yellow 13" was destroyed, for example, another plane would take the same designation. The only way to be certain is which plane this actually is, is to look at the tail code which, unfortunately, is not visible in the photo.

      ...it is possible that it was in the process of being repaired...but that still offers no certainty to it's identity

      Rick
      Last edited by Rick White; 10-08-2002, 04:43 PM.

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        #4
        I mean under the 1 are a 2 to see.......

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          #5
          What do you mean Tommy?

          Thanks for the replies guys, Erich and I are trying to find some more things out.

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            #6
            I think the 1 is over the 2 painted......see the picture bigger.....

            Please scan the number....Big picture you can see it.....I see not very good...

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              #7
              Ah Tommy I see!
              Thanks for seeing that, I didn't!

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