Messerschmitt Bf109E White 4

Copyright © 2011 Malcolm Auld This video and audio material may not be used in any form without written permission. Audio recording of Flight Lieutenant Richard Hillary recalling his first day in action as a Spitfire pilot August 1940. source http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/battleofbritain/11427.shtml The E-3 (serial number 1190) was based at Marquise-Est and belonged to 4/JG 26 during September 1940. When it was shot down above Beachy Head, it was coded as "white 4". The pilot, Horst Perez, managed to belly-land his plane and survived. His plane first was transferred to Farnborough, later it was shown in Canada and the USA. In 1968, the plane - now quite dilapidated - returned to Britain and a private person started to restore the plane. Since the year 2000, the plane is displayed, laying on its belly in a belly-landing scene. For quite a time, the engine hood was missing. A new one was manufactured and the plane was completed. You may visit the plane at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.