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Re: That Me-109 in a German Garage

Posted by Harm Jan Strating on Fri Oct 26, 2001 12:21:30 PM

In reply top Re: That Me-109 in a German Garage posted by Olivier Annaheim on Fri Oct 26, 2001 11:30:21 AM

: Peter W. Cohausz in his book Deutsche Flugzeuge bis 1945, Aviatic Verlag 2001, has the following information on Mr. Wagner and his projects:

"Bf109G-14/AS, werknummer....345 or 784993. Amongst the many aircraft lost during Operation Bodenplatte on 1-1-1945 was Weisse 13 of IV/JG53 that made a belly-landing in the vicinity of Felsberg/Saar. It seems that the pilot was taken prisoner by US troops. The aircraft was for a while used as a plaything by local youth until a farmer pulled it into a ditch and covered it. In 1987 the aircraft was recovered by Raymond Wagner form Spiesen/Elversberg. The result of the exvation was quitte disappointing as only the wings and fuselage-centresection of this Regensburg built 109 remained.

After the recovery the remains were used to form the basis for the reproduction (Nachbau in German) of a Bf109G-14/AS that was started by mr. Wagner. After the fuselage, including equipment, was more or less completed mr. Wagner turned his attention to the construction of an airworthy reproduction of a Bf109K.

Besides building the K mr. Wagner also built 2 Bf109G fuselages which he intented to swap for parts. One of these fuselages went to Baden, in the vicinity of Vienna in Austria. The other went to the aviation museum in Laatzen-hannover. After the museum at Laatzen acquired 2 Bf109G wings the fuselage and wings are now being rebuilt to form a complete airframe for a new museum in San Carlos, Brasil"

Hope this helps.

Harm-Jan Strating
Dear Cees,
:
: The Me109 G-14 from Wagner is another Me109G-14 there is n
: o link to this Me109 near Leipzig.
:
: Has anybody got any Info about the Wagner project? Last th
: ing I have heard is that Wagner has begun to rebuilt/resto
: re a Me109G-14. During this restoration (after he has comp
: leted the fuselage of the Me109G-14) Wagner has decided to
: built a 109K. What has happened to these projects?
: Wagner has built some fuselages of Me109G's as well so tha
: t he has the opportunity to trade them against other Me109
: parts.
:
: Does anybody has any information about Wagner?
:
: regrads Olivier

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