German Aircraft in Allied Hands

Hi old eagle,

I wondered if this was DG200 which crash landed at Manston, which later
after being repaired, flew without a canopy until they got one off another
gift or kill. I did hear that this did fly from RR Hucknall without a lid. The shot
does look like the lid is missing, unless it folded back without the stay.
Sorry for refering to its coming to Earth as a crash-landing, I must stop saying that, due to up-setting people on other forums, it made a, at all times
under-control, controlled-landing. There.

Regards JJ.

Regards JJ.

The small disc with unit badge on the fin identifies it as DG200. It was captured 27th Nov 1940 and transported to Rolls Royce Hucknall on 14th December where it was repaired using parts from several other Me 109s. It made its first flight at Hucknall on 25th Feb 1941. Used for engine performance investigation it made 32 flights totalling 23 hours 25 minutes. It was handed to de Havilland for tests of variable pitch propeller installation. After that to Boscombe Down. On 1st June 1942 it was sent to 1426 Flight. The ‘lid’ had been removed because test pilot Harvey Heyworth was too tall for the cockpit and his head stuck out.

Interesting web site that. Cheers for posting. Some interesting piccies.

Another good source of reference, for a first port of call regarding this subject is the following:

Butler, P. H. (1977) Air Min: A Log of the ‘Air Min’ Numbered Aircraft. Merseyside Aviation Society Ltd (ISBN 0 902420 21 6).

It’s out of print now (I bought mine years ago) but might crop up on Evil-Bay or Amazon. Although I haven’t looked recently, there’s bound be other good source material.

Chris

Much better is the authors later ‘War Prizes’ (1994) and War Prizes- The Album’ (2006).

The 109 IS DG200 (now at Hendon of course)

http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/upfiles/11968/asppg_Fy727759433.jpg

Thanks.

Sorry JJ, no idea
I just saw the pics on the site and thought there were many worth sharing – eg there’s pics of one particular B17 with some incredible battle damage (mid air with a fighter) which I find amazing that it was still flyable and made it to a landing.

Seasons Greetings to all here
DC

Hi old eagle,

Okey thanks for sharing what you came across, looks good viewing.

Cheers JJ.

Sorry JJ, no idea
I just saw the pics on the site and thought there were many worth sharing – eg there’s pics of one particular B17 with some incredible battle damage (mid air with a fighter) which I find amazing that it was still flyable and made it to a landing.

Seasons Greetings to all here
DC

Interesting web site that. Cheers for posting. Some interesting piccies.

Another good source of reference, for a first port of call regarding this subject is the following:

Butler, P. H. (1977) Air Min: A Log of the ‘Air Min’ Numbered Aircraft. Merseyside Aviation Society Ltd (ISBN 0 902420 21 6).

It’s out of print now (I bought mine years ago) but might crop up on Evil-Bay or Amazon. Although I haven’t looked recently, there’s bound be other good source material.

Chris

Nice pics, thanks for the link:)

Me 109 shot.

Anyone seen this site ?
http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/albumphoto.asp?albumid=164&asortType=3&apage=5

One of the pics is ::

Hi old eagle,

I wondered if this was DG200 which crash landed at Manston, which later
after being repaired, flew without a canopy until they got one off another
gift or kill. I did hear that this did fly from RR Hucknall without a lid. The shot
does look like the lid is missing, unless it folded back without the stay.
Sorry for refering to its coming to Earth as a crash-landing, I must stop saying that, due to up-setting people on other forums, it made a, at all times
under-control, controlled-landing. There.

Regards JJ.

Regards JJ.