Airracing in postwar Finland 1949 with Me 109s !

[Topspeed]

Here is a rare photo taken in Finland at UTTI AFB in 1949:

[Panzergenadier]

Great!!! Of course after the war they used the planes they had from before. It was the same story in bulgaria. by the way did you know that in the Israeli air force there was ME-109s, FW-190s and P-51s. incredibble, isn't it?

[DenesBernad]

after the war they used the planes they had from before. It was the same story in bulgaria.

Panzergrenadier, do you have details of the post-war Bulgarian service of the Bf 109s? When was the last Messerschmitt withdrawn from service?

Dénes

[gabriel pagliarani]

Here is a rare photo taken in Finland at UTTI AFB in 1949...

Different kinds of Me-109. Watching carefully the small rear wheel of the landing gear the first seems to be a F or a G-2, the other gear is a standard of a G-6 or a G-12. Nice shot, indeed. Probably there was a rare bird among those.

[panzertruppe2001]

after the war they used the planes they had from before. It was the same story in bulgaria.

Panzergrenadier, do you have details of the post-war Bulgarian service of the Bf 109s? When was the last Messerschmitt withdrawn from service?

Dénes

Martin Caidin in his book of the Me 109 says that the last 109 were spanish and its last service was in the sixties as training planes

[DenesBernad]

When was the last Messerschmitt withdrawn from service?

Dénes

Martin Caidin in his book of the Me 109 says that the last 109 were spanish and its last service was in the sixties as training planes

Thanks, but those were not genuine Messerschmitt Bf 109s, but rather a different Spanish version.

It's quite possible that the Rumanians used the 'real' Bf 109Gs for the longest, the last one being withdrawn from active service in late 1952.

What about the Bulgarian '109s? When was the last one retired?

Dénes

[Mark V]

It's quite possible that the Rumanians used the 'real' Bf 109Gs for the longest, the last one being withdrawn from active service in late 1952.

Last Finnish Air Force flight with Bf-109 was an G-6 variant (MT-507) 13.3.1954.

... and surely thoroughly genuine Bf-109G - DB-605 and everything...

the particular aircraft is preserved: http://hkkk.fi/~yrjola/war/faf/mersu.html

Mark V

[gabriel pagliarani]

It's quite possible that the Rumanians used the 'real' Bf 109Gs for the longest, the last one being withdrawn from active service in late 1952.

Last Finnish Air Force flight with Bf-109 was an G-6 variant (MT-507) 13.3.1954.

... and surely thoroughly genuine Bf-109G - DB-605 and everything...

the particular aircraft is preserved: http://hkkk.fi/~yrjola/war/faf/mersu.html

Mark V

Happy to ear from you again Mark V! Watch the script under the photo from Topspeed. MT-508, not MT-507 is reported. An error or another different Bf 109?

[Mark V]

MT-508, not MT-507 is reported. An error or another different Bf 109?

An another Bf-109 is correct guess.

Regards, Mark V

[Panzergenadier]

Hello!!! In late 1950s the last Bf109s were removed from action(even training), because Soviet planes were bought in large numbers.

Regards and my best wishes,

Panzergrenadier