Aircraft Photo of 784993 | Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #701421
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:784993
Military Code:13 white
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Bf-109
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Bf-109
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
C/n (msn):784993
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Wiener Neustadt - OstMap
Country:Austria
Airport Codes:ICAO: LOAN   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Flugmuseum Aviaticum
 
Photo Date:1 June 2024
Photo by:Alastair T. Gardiner
Photo ID: 701421
Photo Comment

In Jan. 1945 Wiener-Neustadt was one of 39 sites producing Bf-109s and was bombed 28 times during WWII. In the same month, Uffz. Herbert Maxis was flying 784993 in IV/JG53 as part of Operation Bodenplatte when he attacked an American convoy near Ober-Felsberg in the Saarland but was shot-down by ground fire. Maxis belly landed the plane successfully but was shot by an American soldier as he exited the plane. The wreck was later buried but re-discovered in 1987 and used, along with from parts of many different authentic 109s, for the restoration of 784993, which is now on display at Aviaticum.

This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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