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interesting find - spitfire13 - 29.07.2009

any one here ever here of the BF108 it was a sport aircraft before the war then was used for transport and recon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108

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- XB-49 - 29.07.2009

Yes. :roll: But thanks for sharing anyway.

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- RRuger - 29.07.2009

They actually used a couple of them in Von Ryans Express, an old Frank Sinatra movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Ryan%27s_Express

I wonder what happened to those planes??? thanks for posting, cheers...

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- nzwilliam - 30.07.2009

Yip, saw one last month flying around in Tauranga, New Zealand - painted up like a 109. IMHO they're ugly looking things in comparison to a 109. They're still around.
Couple of photos from that day here:
http://www.classicflyersnz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=2

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- aviatorsneah - 30.07.2009

ah yes the taifun...use the search. there have been at least a couple threads regarding it already.

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- Oh_Frustration - 30.07.2009

Actually they were used in some movie about Mossies, they were used as fighters instead of the 109 I think the producers ran out of money and had to get some cheaper repliques...

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- {HVY-E}Jinxx - 30.07.2009

They also used one in the movie "The Great Escape" when two of the characters were escaping and tried to fly over the Alps.

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- XB-49 - 30.07.2009

{HVY-E}Jinxx Wrote:They also used one in the movie "The Great Escape" when two of the characters were escaping and tried to fly over the Alps.

Nope, they escaped (or tried to) in a Bucker Bu 181

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