Original German WWII Luftwaffe "Messerschmitt Spinner" with Provenance Tag - Brought Back by American Sailor Original Items
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Original German WWII Luftwaffe "Messerschmitt Spinner" with Provenance Tag - Brought Back by American Sailor

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  • Original Items: One-of-a-kind. This is supposedly a nose cone “spinner” off of a Messerschmitt aircraft, however, it does not match any Bf 109 that we can find. It is constructed of Aluminum and measures roughly 9½” tall with a 5¼” diameter. There are two small notches at the base to allow the piece to snap into place on the plane. The piece has an attached wartime or just post war type written provenance tag which reads:

    ITEM NO. 1 SECTION M
    SPINNER, FROM MESSERSCHMITT
    WORLD WAR II (MAY, 1943)
    GERMANY
    PICKED UP AT A BOMBED OUT GERMAN AIRFIELD
    A FEW MILES FROM BIZERTE, NORTH
    AFRICA BY U.S. SAILOR WHO BROUGHT IT
    BACK WITH HIM.

    The tag is very old and certainly genuine, providing great provenance for this piece. This is a truly astounding piece of one of the most famous German aircraft of WWII, ready for further research and display!

    It was commonly called the Me 109 most often by Allied aircrew and even among the German aces themselves even though this was not the official German designation. The "Bf 109" designation was issued by the German ministry of aviation and represents the developing company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and is a rather arbitrary figure.

    It was designed by Willy Messerschmitt (hence Me 109) and Robert Lusser, who worked at Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, during the early to mid-1930s.

    Originally conceived as an interceptor, later models were developed to fulfill multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, fighter-bomber, day-, night-, all-weather fighter, ground-attack aircraft, and as reconnaissance aircraft. It was supplied to and operated by several states during World War II, and served with several countries for many years after the war. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 airframes produced from 1936 up to April 1945.

    The Bf 109 was flown by the three top-scoring German fighter aces of World War II, who claimed 928 victories among them while flying with Jagdgeschwader 52, mainly on the Eastern Front. The highest scoring fighter ace of all time, Erich Hartmann, flew the Bf 109 and was credited with 352 aerial victories. The aircraft was also flown by Hans-Joachim Marseille, the highest scoring German ace in the North African Campaign who achieved 158 aerial victories. It was also flown by several other aces from Germany's allies, notably Finn Ilmari Juutilainen, the highest scoring non-German ace on the type, and pilots from Italy, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary. Through constant development, the Bf 109 remained competitive with the latest Allied fighter aircraft until the end of the war.
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  • Due to legal restrictions this item cannot be shipped to Australia, France or Germany. This is not a comprehensive list and other countries may be added in the future.

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