Tag Archives: Bf 109

This restored ‘Gustav’ Messerschmitt looks like it just flew out of the factory

Posted on by Leave a comment

A late World War II-vintage Luftwaffe Bf-109G-6 that flew with JG27 just came on the warbird market and it grades “10:10.”

Platinum Fighters has “Black 8” a restored Daimler-Benz 605A V12-equipped Messerschmitt fighter built in 1944 up for grabs.

Sadly, the original centerline 20mm and twin MG151s are likely not part of the deal.

More in my column at Guns.com

Go ahead and carve out 10 minutes…

Posted on by Leave a comment

Paths_of_Hate_07
The 2011 Polish animation short “Paths of Hate” by Damien Nenow is one of the best portrayals of aerial combat between an RAF Spitfire and a Luftwaffe Bf 109 from the cockpit controls to the 20mm cannon of the Messerschmidt to the contrails and facial expressions.

Then the fight continues into the afterlife and really gets real.

“Paths is a short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.”