LUFTWAFFE ME-109 Part 1

Description

Covers ground and aerial views of various ME-109 type aircraft, also shows Col Werner Molders, Luftwaffe ace with 115 victories. boarding ME-109. Reel 1 - 1) ME-109s in mass takeoff. 2) Pilot scrambling to ME-109 and ground crew cranking engine manually. 3) Insignia of Jagdeschwander (JG) 53 on ME-109. 4) Col Werner Molders climbing into ME-109 cockpit and closing canopy. 5) ME-109s of JG 53 in mass takeoff. 6) Formations of ME-109s, and single ME-109s in flight past and over camera. 7) AMSs ME-109 in flight. 8) Pilot boarding ME-109 of JG 52, ground crew cranking engine manually, handing crank to pilot (may be Maj Erich Hartmann, ace with 352 victories). 9) ME-109s taxiing and lined up for mass takeoff. l0) ME-109s in passes over camera; includes one trailing smoke. 11) ME-109 parked with CUs of spinner and landing gear. 12) AMSs ME-109 in flight. 836' Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities