Messerschmitt 109 from Norway

Here is a picture of the fuel tank there were some other items, exhaust tracks if I remember both badly corroded. As you can see the tank is metal not rubber as fitted to the G-2. Russ at the time thought it came from a G-0, it should still be at Duxford

G-2 IIRC, and I wrote to the IWM about 25 yrs ago and they confirmed the remains were scrapped, corrosion from the salt water fiord was not treated straight away and that was that 🙁

Dave

Thats what I had heard.

But what is the history of the aeroplane??

I remember seeing parts of the nose cowling laying beside one of the hangars around about 1981-2. It was outside with parts from Hesses 110 (so I was told) and the Heinkel fin. The alloy panels from the 109 were corroding away fast. Parts of this aircraft were recovered I believe at the same time as the Heinkel 111 from Storvatnet lake.
I am not sure if the 109 came from the same lake, but definately found on the same expedition. I somehow thought then that it was a E model Andy.

I have trawled (pun) through a few old posts about the lakes, Paul Mcmillan indicates that the a/c was a G model.
It seems that the wreckage from Duxford was scrapped owing the the severe corrosion.

Another fine mess, why oh why are items/complete aircraft recovered only to be scrapped?!

G-2 IIRC, and I wrote to the IWM about 25 yrs ago and they confirmed the remains were scrapped, corrosion from the salt water fiord was not treated straight away and that was that 🙁

Dave

I remember seeing parts of the nose cowling laying beside one of the hangars around about 1981-2. It was outside with parts from Hess’s Bf110 (or so I was told) and the Heinkel fin. The alloy panels from the 109 were corroding away fast. Parts of this aircraft were recovered I believe at the same time as the Heinkel 111 from Storvatnet lake.
I am not sure if the 109 came from the same lake, but definately found on the same expedition. I somehow thought then that it was a E model Andy.

I have trawled (pun) through a few old posts about the lakes, Paul Mcmillan indicates that the a/c was a G model.
It seems that the wreckage from Duxford was scrapped owing the the severe corrosion.