ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273633
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| Date: | Thursday 10 December 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 V? |
| Owner/operator: | Legión Condor - Aviación Nacional |
| Registration: | 6-3* |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tablada Airfield (Sevilla) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Messerschmitt Bf 109 V?, one of three prototypes sent to Spain for combat evaluation purposes. Some sources state it was V4 (Wk Nr 878), other sources state that V4 was not sent to Spain and that it could be V5 (Wk Nr 879). This was the first Bf 109 assembled out from the crates. probably was not registered (or could be 6-3). The aircraft crashed in its first test flight inmediately after assembly, the pilot was Unteroffizier Erich Kley who was not injured.Chief of Staff, Von Richtoffen was upset by the precipitated testing operations
Sources:
1.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 99 "Aces of the Legion Condor"
Robert Forsyth pag 53
2.The Messerschmitt Bf 109, Prototype to E variants
Lynn Ritger 2005 Modellers-Datafile 9 SAM Publications Pag 17
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2022 16:39 | volman | Added |
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