Registration / Serial: | AE479 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 |
C/n (msn): | 1304 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 30 June 1942 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 398840Submit Correction |
View count: | 968 |
Oberfeldwebel Karl Hier of I/JG 76 had to land his Bf 109E at Wœrth, Alsace on 22 November 1939. It was test-flown by the French at Orléans - Bricy, then handed over to the RAF on 2 May 1940. In 1942 it was shipped to the USA for testing at Wright Field. Note the faux swastika painted on by the Americans - they liked to dress up captured aircraft and amazingly, even in this stage of the war it was apparently not a safety concern. We found information that the photo was taken at LGA during the filming of a propaganda reel. P-40E 41-25026 is seen on the right and a P-39 Airacobra, probably 41-7249, on the left. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | AE479 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 |
C/n (msn): | 1304 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 30 June 1942 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | AE479 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 |
C/n (msn): | 1304 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 30 June 1942 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 398840Submit Correction |
View count: | 968 |
Oberfeldwebel Karl Hier of I/JG 76 had to land his Bf 109E at Wœrth, Alsace on 22 November 1939. It was test-flown by the French at Orléans - Bricy, then handed over to the RAF on 2 May 1940. In 1942 it was shipped to the USA for testing at Wright Field. Note the faux swastika painted on by the Americans - they liked to dress up captured aircraft and amazingly, even in this stage of the war it was apparently not a safety concern. We found information that the photo was taken at LGA during the filming of a propaganda reel. P-40E 41-25026 is seen on the right and a P-39 Airacobra, probably 41-7249, on the left. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | AE479 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 |
C/n (msn): | 1304 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 30 June 1942 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |