Me 109 shot down clip

Its actually footage of two Bf109’s… look at the short tail-wheel at the start of the footage on White 3 and the longer tail-wheel at 00:27 on White 8. According to captions for both in the recently published “Bf109 Late Versions” by K.W.Wotowski [Mushroom, 2010] both White 3 and White 8 were photographed circa May 1945 with White 8 apparently photographed in Southern Germany.

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Peter D Evans
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Here is a slightly shorter version of the same clip without the annoying music. The contributor has posted a great deal of interesting footage of WWII aircraft from various sources over the years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA94OqR51Gw&

Thank you for that. The caption for this version says the aeroplane was shot down in France, therefore post June 44. It appears to be high summer, possibly Jul/Aug 44? The weather in Jun 44 seems to have been pretty dreadful.

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The two Bf109’s captured on this footage are as follows:

Source “Messerschmitt Bf109K Camouflage & Markings” by T.Poruba & K.Mol [Japo, 2000]

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Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

Here is a slightly shorter version of the same clip without the annoying music. The contributor has posted a great deal of interesting footage of WWII aircraft from various sources over the years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA94OqR51Gw&

Interesting film, best viewed with the sound off!

The aeroplane appears to be a Me109G and has the Galland hood. The presence of GIs must date it to at least the spring of 1942 at the earliest.

Does anyone know when the shooting down actually occurred?

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looks authentic enough. Maybe a controlled wheels up due to gear or fuel problem as there doesn’t appear to be any battle damage.
Might also be a propaganda stunt or was being flown by the allies at the time?

Quite a well known wreck, documented in B&w pics too. The colour footage is nice though

There’s something about this clip that doesn’t look right, but I can’t put my finger on it….