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Description
| Manufacturer: | Messerschmitt | |
| Base model: | Bf-109 | |
| Designation: | Bf-109 | |
| Version: | E-3 | |
| Nickname: | Gustav | |
| Basic role: | Fighter (Germany) | |
| Crew: | 1 | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Champlin Fighter Museum | Mesa | Arizona |
Bf-109E-3 on display
Champlin Fighter Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Allen Bailey Tulsa, OK | Boosh, could you please email me the information you posted? That is very interesting,and would be great to tell the story behind those markings with my Heller 1/24 scale Bf-109E,especially considering one of the aircraft from that unit and time is depicted on the decal sheet. 03/28/2006 @ 12:21 [ref: 12956] |
| Charles Albridge , TX | The Bf.109E was called "Emil" as were all 'E' models. The "Gustav" was the series of 'G' models. 02/10/2006 @ 13:28 [ref: 12458] |
| Will Marshall University Place, WA | The Bf-109 in question has been moved from the Champlin collection in Arizona to the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA. 11/28/2005 @ 19:49 [ref: 11825] |
| William Chaffin Martinsburg, WV | The Bf-109 E was known as the "Emil" and not the "Gustav". The Me-109G was nicknamed the Gustav. 09/20/2005 @ 20:22 [ref: 11298] |
| douglas Ft. Erie, ON |
the only currently FLYING ME 109E is located here in ontario Tres cool cheers. 06/17/2005 @ 17:19 [ref: 10509] |
| Boosh , NJ | I thought you guys might like this tidbit of info about Stab.JG53's Bf-109E-3's during the Battle of Britain. I find it a very cool chapter of the Luftwaffe's history and comradery between the squadron pilots and their commanders:
The Geschwader Kommodore of Stab.JG53 during 1940 was Major Hans-Jurgen von Cramon-Taubadel. During the Battle of Britain, as it did throughout the second world war, JG53 flew Bf-109's. In this period of 1940 the Bf-109E-3 was the version that most pilots were given. There were two 7.92mm machine guns (MG17) mounted on the nose above the inverted Daimler Benz engine and two 20mm cannon (MGFF) mounted in the wings. While JG53 was making a reputation for itself during the Battle of Britain, information fell to Reichsmarshall Goering that Major Jurgen von Cramon-Taubadel's wife was Jewish. Inflamed at this fact, Goering ordered the whole of Stab.JG53 to remove the "Pik As" from their planes, and replace it with a red stripe around the engine cowling of their Bf-109's, as punishment for this "outrageous insult to the Fuhrer." All of Stab.JG53's planes immediately were stripped of their "Pik As" insignia, but soon afterward, the whole of Stab.JG53 stripped the swastikas off the tails of their planes in protest to this "mark of shame." During the entire Battle of Britain, Stab.JG53's planes were easily recognizable because of the red band around their engine cowlings, as well as the absence of a swastika on the tail of their Bf-109's. Soon after the battle, due, no doubt to the protest of the pilots, Stab.JG53 was allowed to paint the "Pik As" back on their Bf-109's, and remove the red band from their cowlings. The picture I uploaded has several of Stab.JG53's Bf-109's. 5 of the 109's still have the Swastika on them, but this insignia would only have been there for a few days at most after the "Pik As" was removed. A perfect example of what Stab.JG53's planes would have looked like during the Battle of Britain is the Bf-109E-4 "White 5," flown by H.G. Schulte. 01/31/2005 @ 18:51 [ref: 9322] |
| Jim flushing, NY | The 109E is referred to as the "Emil" not the "Gustav", which is the G model. 10/18/2004 @ 01:07 [ref: 8463] |
| Rebecca Wong HONG KONG, OH | I am working in a toys manufacturer company in hong kong and would like to produce 'Messerschmitt BF 109 E3'. I would like to ask the Manufacturer of Messerschmitt BF 109 E3 because I want to apply the license right of it. Who can help me, thank you. 10/13/2004 @ 06:44 [ref: 8444] |
| Rebecca Wong HONG KONG, OH | I am working in a toys manufacturer company in hong kong and would like to produce 'Messerschmitt BF 109 E3'. I would like to ask the Manufacturer of Messerschmitt BF 109 E3 because I want to apply the license right of it. Who can help me, thank you. 10/13/2004 @ 06:44 [ref: 8443] |
| Vedran Velika Gorica; Croatia, OTH | Hy!
This Bf-109E is not original Emil model. It is a spanish Ha-1112 licens build Bf-109,with engine replaced to look more like the original ones. You can see that it has a radiator flaps found on F to K models, but A to E models have regular flaps. And on the upper wing surfice G models have bulgers to acomodate larger wheels. 08/13/2003 @ 03:33 [ref: 6627] |
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