Film of the flight of an original Me 109E

**tikkifriend** · 07-03-2016 08:21

She might be old but she is graceful.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/who...lys-again.html

**Jager** · 07-03-2016 08:50

Very nice, Paul. Glad that one's still in the sky.
Karl

**tikkifriend** · 07-03-2016 09:34

Not if the new box set gets launched .

**Stumptonian** · 07-03-2016 10:28

Nice find, Paul.
Especially like the first bit up in the clouds.

**Flying Helmut** · 07-03-2016 11:42

Nice video!

I had no idea that any original Bf109Es were still flying.

**tikkifriend** · 07-03-2016 14:51

Me neither . I thought that they were replicas or not air worthy. good on the Canuts to get one airborne

**Carl_Brisgamer** · 07-03-2016 16:02

Thanks Paul, great footage.

**Naharaht** · 07-03-2016 16:52

Great video, Paul. Thank you for posting the link.

**Canestri10** · 07-03-2016 18:54

Excellent, one of my favourite aircraft. What a beauty!

**gully_raker** · 07-03-2016 23:52

Nice find Paul!
I had read about it on Facebook but had not seen the clip.

LOOP · 07-04-2016 03:27

The 109 is a sweet plane.

Thanks for posting Paul

**grumpybear** · 07-04-2016 05:11

Very cool I didn't know we had one

**Teaticket** · 07-04-2016 06:15

Thanks Paul. She's still nimble and graceful at 75.

**Nightbomber** · 07-04-2016 08:19

Thanks Paul! A very interesting footage. I wonder if the engine is still original or it was replaced?

**tikkifriend** · 07-04-2016 08:57

Originally Posted by Nightbomber

Thanks Paul! A very interesting footage. I wonder if the engine is still original or it was replaced?

It certainly has been Andy, but the replacement is an original.
http://www.airic.ca/html/bf109rag.html

**tikkifriend** · 07-04-2016 09:04

And heres a link to the German pilot , Quite an ace. pilot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille

**Stumptonian** · 07-04-2016 09:22

Originally Posted by tikkifriend

And heres a link to the German pilot , Quite an ace. pilot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille

Are you sure that's the pilot, Paul?
The first sentence on the page with the clip says "The only surviving Messerschmitt BF109 E4 still flying. It was shot down and belly landed in a field during the Battle of Britain in 1940."

Marseille's bio says "At the age of 20 he graduated from one of the Luftwaffe's fighter pilot schools just in time to participate in the Battle of Britain, without notable success."
No mention of being captured

**tikkifriend** · 07-04-2016 09:32

Originally Posted by Stumptonian

Are you sure that's the pilot, Paul?
The first sentence on the page with the clip says "The only surviving Messerschmitt BF109 E4 still flying. It was shot down and belly landed in a field during the Battle of Britain in 1940."

Marseille's bio says "At the age of 20 he graduated from one of the Luftwaffe's fighter pilot schools just in time to participate in the Battle of Britain, without notable success."
No mention of being captured

I got the info on Marseille via the link on post #15 Pete.
The Wiki bio mentions his first kill In his first dogfight over England on 24 August 1940 but the majority of his kills were P-40s.

**ptownhiker** · 07-04-2016 10:16

That is way cool! Thanks for sharing!

**Stumptonian** · 07-04-2016 11:15

Originally Posted by tikkifriend

I got the info on Marseille via the link on post #15 Pete.
The Wiki bio mentions his first kill In his first dogfight over England on 24 August 1940 but the majority of his kills were P-40s.

Aha - the second link shows the forced landing was in Calais.
I had assumed it was in England.

Marseille flew it on the channel front in 1940, where the ace claimed a Spitfire over Thames Estuary. “White 14” had a forced landing on the beach at Calais on March 2 September 1940

**tikkifriend** · 07-04-2016 11:19

Originally Posted by Stumptonian

Aha - the second link shows the forced landing was in Calais.
I had assumed it was in England.

Marseille flew it on the channel front in 1940, where the ace claimed a Spitfire over Thames Estuary. “White 14” had a forced landing on the beach at Calais on March 2 September 1940

Yep thats how I read it . Still an Ace of Aces and a stonking good 109 those Canadians have