And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Messerschmitt Bf109F-2, assigned 9th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54, WNr 8086, "Gelbe 7". The pilot, Uffz Alfred Döllefeld, belly landed due to engine damage at Gr. Machin, Eastern Front, 28 January 1942.
The reason for that gear design was to enable the aircraft to be easily moved at any point during transport from factory to the front. The wings unbolt at the wingroot with just a few bolts, and the landing gear is mounted to the fuselage, not the wings. ME built around 44,000 of them, making it the highest production aircraft in history, IIRC. Granted, novice pilots crashed a lot of them in their early learning curve. They were intended for grass type fields. Flying them to or from hard surface strips is an invitation for disaster.
Honey, there's a Messerschmidt in the kitchen. Clean it up, would ya?
ReplyDeleteDepends on how many bullet holes were in it, and where.
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ReplyDeleteWant to see a weird Messerschmidt look up the 323 transport.
ReplyDeleteIf that photo was taken after a recent landing, maybe the soldier with the pipe might want to put it away for use later.
ReplyDeleteSad Messhersmitt.
ReplyDeleteMesserschmitt Bf109F-2, assigned 9th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54, WNr 8086, "Gelbe 7". The pilot, Uffz Alfred Döllefeld, belly landed due to engine damage at Gr. Machin, Eastern Front, 28 January 1942.
ReplyDeleteSo it was a "good" landing, because he walked away from it. Not a "great" landing, since re using the plane might take quite a bit of work.
ReplyDeleteGood plane, terrible landing gear.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for that gear design was to enable the aircraft to be easily moved at any point during transport from factory to the front. The wings unbolt at the wingroot with just a few bolts, and the landing gear is mounted to the fuselage, not the wings. ME built around 44,000 of them, making it the highest production aircraft in history, IIRC. Granted, novice pilots crashed a lot of them in their early learning curve. They were intended for grass type fields. Flying them to or from hard surface strips is an invitation for disaster.
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