109 photo

[sirvlad]

By sirvlad at 2009-11-01 
By sirvlad at 2009-11-01  WHAT`S IT SAY?

[Delirium]

I can read a little, something about taking 34 holes but the pilot wasn't injured.

I'm guessing it was a flak hit and not from another aircraft.

[beau32]

Thats about what i got Delirium.


After the victorious air campain Above Dover

The Illustrated ME-109 received 34 hits.The pilot nor the machine significantly damaged

[Gabriel]

There was a victorious campaign over Dover ? 

[Simba]

Yes, there was a victorious campaign that partly took place above Dover - it was the Battle of Britain, and the Luftwaffe lost.

 

[greens]

Hey man i see that dude hiding a hammer in his left hand 

[Xasthur]

Bare in mind my limited proficiency in German, but this is what I got from it:

After winning aerial combat over Dover

The pictured ME-109 received 34 hits.

However, the pilot was not injured
nor was the machine significantly damaged.

7.8.40

If you reprint credit Bauer Weltbilt

[BillyD]

Could be 303 caliber hits?

[F111]

Yes, there was a victorious campaign that partly took place above Dover - it was the Battle of Britain, and the Luftwaffe lost.

 

Thought both can claim victory.  Britan lost more planes.  But you cannot trust the Germans, just look at snailman.

[SkyRock]

Thought both can claim victory. 

Nope... individual pilots can claim victories, but country-wise....Germany was defeated in the battlefield and surrendered to Great Britain.

[gyrene81]

Looking at the damage on that fuselage, 2 of the exit holes appear to be 12mm (center of cross and bottom right). The elongated hole at the V next to the white section of the cross looks like a tumbled bullet or flak frag damage. The rest is fragmentation damage from an explosive burst that wasn't close enough to blow a large hole in the fuselage. Would be nice if there were other photos showing the rest of the damage.