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Originally Posted by dar636
My take home airplane would be the pristine bf-109, arguably one of the best fighters of WWII.
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Interesting is the inverted Daimler-Benz engine design. With the 13mm guns on top of the cowling and 30mm cannons in the wing leading edge and one through the engine crankshaft.
Bf-109 at Duxford Air Museum in England recovered from the Battle of Britain.
Another interesting fact is the Bf-109s used for the 1969 filming of the Battle of Britain had Merlin engines in their upright configuration instead of the DB engines.
And the collector of said aircraft in Texas has sold them for a remake of the movie.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/11/27/38276/