| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | HK846 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-110 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-110 |
| Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Bf-110D |
| C/n (msn): | 4035 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Belle of Berlin |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Cairo - AlmazaMap |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: HEAZ IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1941 to December 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 755320 |
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This aircraft was captured at Iraq after a wheels-up landing at Mosul. While ostensibly an Iraqi air force aircraft, it was in reality flown by a Luftwaffe unit based in Iraq. The RAF repaired the Bf110, gave it an RAF serial and flew it to Egypt. HK846 was handed to 267 Squadron for use as a communications aircraft in North Africa. It was to be sent to South Africa to train pilots in German equipment. However HK846 belly-landed in Sudan on the way south and was not repaired. Photo from: Imperial War Museums This photo was added on 4 December 2024, and has since been viewed 264 times. |