Spitfire vs. Fw190

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/U2/R3/R6

W.Nr.412 951

Unit codes, Staffel and aircraft identification: White 16 ��

Radio Call-sign (Stammkennzeichen): NS �� FE

Pilot of W.Nr. 416 951 is Leutnant Horst Prenzel, Staffelführer of 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader Nr. 301.

21st July 1944 at 02.40 hrs DBST, aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 W.Nr. 412 951,the "White 16" was airborne from St. Dizier at 00.45 hrs. on a "Wilde Sau" mission against Allied night bombers.

In the early hours of the morning of 21st July 1944, two Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 fighters landed at Manston airfield, in Kent. The first made a wheels-down landing intact: the pilot thought that he was on a German Air Force airfield.




Тот самый «Густав» Bf 109 G-6/U2/R3/R6,переклимбивший Spitfire серий LF.IX, XV и XIV,а также Р-51С «Мустанг». И обогнавший в пикировании как стоячего,Spitfire LF.IX 25lb, на испытаниях в Фарнборо в 44-ом году.