List of surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945.

Spain had signed licensing agreements with Messerschmitt in 1942 to produce the Bf 109G-2 and had received tooling and jigs in preparation for starting production, as well as 25 uncompleted fuselage and wing assemblies. Due to priority to the Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt was unable to oversee the start-up of the production line. In addition, Hispano Aviación was also unable to acquire the Daimler-Benz DB 605 engines due to wartime shortages. It was not until 1947 that the factory started to produce complete airframes. As a replacement engine comparable to the DB 605A the Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 was fitted to these aircraft. Aircraft with this engine were designated HA-1109-K1L (65 being produced). In 1954 Hispano Aviación re-engineered the airframe to accept the Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45 and produced the HA-1112-M1L. Production of the Hispano Aviación HA-1109 and HA-1112 Buchons ended in 1958; however, Spain continued to use the HA-1112 operationally until late 1967.

In 1946 Czechoslovakia restarted the closed Messerschmitt production line at the Avia Company in Prague using the original jigs and tooling along with a substantial number of uncompleted airframes. From 1946 to 1949 about 550 airframes were completed as Avia S-99s, resembling a Bf 109G-14, and Avia S-199s (Jumo engine, otherwise unchanged). Due to a fire in a warehouse a substantial number of DB 605 engines were lost and as a substitute the Junkers Jumo 211 was found in substantial quantity. Unlike either the original DB 605 or the Roll-Royce Merlin, the torque of this substitute engine was extremely high resulting in a high fatality rate from these aircraft. Production ended in 1948, and the Czechoslovak National Security Guard retired the last of the S-199s in 1957.

Post war, in addition to the Spanish and Czechoslovakian Air Forces, both Finland and Switzerland continued to use the Bf 109 operationally until the late 1950s. The then-new nation of Israel purchased 25 Avia S-199s (23 delivered) when, due to being embargoed, it was unable to acquire aircraft from other sources. The Israel Air Force retired its aircraft in early 1949.

Between 1945 & 1948, most Bf 109s were scrapped or destroyed. Some examples were kept for use as war trophies or technical examples for further studies. For the next 23 years, these were the first generation of Bf 109 survivors.

In 1967, the producers of the movie The Battle of Britain wanted a large and accurate group of aircraft for use onscreen. Fortunately, the Spanish Air Force was starting to retire its HA-1112s and an agreement was reached to use these aircraft. The Confederate Air Force had also just purchased numerous examples of the HA-1112. These aircraft were also leased for the production of this movie. For the next 35 years, these Spanish Bf 109s were the mainstay for numerous World War II aviation movies and television work, including Hanover Street, Memphis Belle, The Tuskegee Airmen and Piece of Cake to name but a few.

Starting in late 1988, Bf 109s were among numerous crashed examples of World War II aircraft still extant in Russia that were being recovered for restoration. Other examples of the early models of the Bf 109 have been found in crash sites in France and Italy (as well as several aircraft recovered where they had been buried in Germany). These aircraft with known combat histories are the foundation of the current wave of recovered/restored Bf 109s with further discoveries anticipated.

About twenty of the surviving Bf 109s existent in the 21st century served at one time with the Luftwaffe fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 5, more than with any other Axis military aviation unit of World War II.

Australia



 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-6/U4 163824 (G-SMIT, ex-NF + FY), Australian War Memorial, Canberra. This is the last example in the world still displaying its original camouflage and markings: a 1944 day-fighter scheme, with variations resulting from service repairs and replacements (i.e. one wing was replaced). According to Michael Nelmes, A Unique Flight (which details the history of all AWM aircraft), this particular Bf 109 was sold in 1963 by the AWM to a member of the Illawarra Flying club at Bankstown for 100GBP. Then it was passed on to the collector Sid Marshall, who hung the aircraft in his hangar, where it stayed until he died. Next, it was sold to a "British aircraft collector" in 1979 for reputedly $10,000. This deal was stopped by Australian Customs, as the export would have been illegal. In the notes on the color scheme it mentions: "Prior to its export attempt the aircraft was coated in a plastic protective film which was painted silver, apparently to pass it off as a Mustang. Most of this was removed by the time it came to the museum."
 * Bf 109 G-2 14798 (VH-EIN), ex-GJ+QP, ex 8./JG 5 "Black 10", Christopher Kelly, Seaforth.

Austria

 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-14 784993 ex-IV./JG 53 "White 13", White 13, Aviaticum Wiener Neustadt.

Belgium

 * Airworthy
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 201 C.4K-131 (OO-MAF), movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum",  White 1 Sabine, Eric Vormezeele Collection, Brasschaat.
 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 F-4 w/rn unknown, ex-JG 5 "White 4".

Brazil

 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-2, 14256, Yellow 14, TAM Museum, São Carlos

Canada

 * Airworthy
 * Bf 109 E-3 3579 (CF-EML), ex-JG 2 "White 14", ex-Bf 109E-7 4/JG 5 "White 7" - crashed 2 August 1942, White 14, The Russell Group, Ontario
 * On display
 * Bf 109 F-4 10132, <<, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ontario.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 164 C.4K-114, ex 471 Sq "471-28", ex-7 Sq "7-82", movie: Battle of Britain, 471-28, on temporary display at the Western Canada Aviation Museum.

Czech Republic

 * On display
 * S-199 199178, UC-25, Aviation Museum - Kbely, Prague.
 * CS-199 199565, UC-26, Aviation Museum - Kbely, Prague.

Finland

 * On display
 * Bf 109 F-4 7108, ex-NE + ML, ex-9./JG 5, Central Finland Aviation Museum, Tikkakoski.
 * Bf 109 G-6 14743, ex-RJ + SM, ex-Finnish AF MT-208, Finnish Aviation Museum, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
 * Bf 109 G-6/U2 165227, ex-BV + UE, ex-Finnish AF MT-452 "Yellow 4", Yellow 4, Suomen Ilmailumuseo, Utti.
 * Bf 109 G-6/Y 167271, ex-VO + GI, ex-Finnish AF MT-507 "Yellow 0",  Yellow 0 , Central Finland Aviation Museum (FAM), Tikkakoski.
 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 E-3 3285, ex-Bf 109E-7, ex-4./JG 5 "Black 12", "White 4", "Yellow 2", Finnish AF Museum, Tikkakoski

France

 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 G-6 26129 ex-RV + IS, ex-II./JG 54 "Black 3", Aéronautique Provençale

Germany

 * Airworthy
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 139 C4K-75 (D-FWME), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 11",  Red 7 + - , Messerschmitt Air Company.   Belly landed in a corn field on August 18th 2013 during an airshow display at Roskilde Airport, Denmark. The pilot was unharmed, and the aircraft sustained only minor damage, including a completely broken propeller., re-engined with DB605.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 156 C.4K-87 (D-FMBB),  FM+BB , EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation, rebuilt with a DB605 engine.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 235 C.4K-172 (D-FMVS), movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum,  <- + - , Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.  Hangar 10 Air Fighter Collection GmbH


 * On display
 * Bf 109 E-1 790, ex-J/88/2 (Condor Legion) "6-106", ex-Bf 109 E-3, ex-Spanish AF "C4E-106",  <- + - , / Deutsches Museum, Munich,
 * Bf 109 E-3 1407, ex-2./JG 77 "Black 2", ex-Bf 109E-4, ex-14/JG 77 "Red 5",  Red 5 , Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin
 * Bf 109 G-2 trop 14753, ex-1./JG 27 "White 3",  White 3 , Luftfahrtmuseum, Hannover-Laatzen
 * Bf 109 G-4 19310, ex-BH + XN, ex-4./JG 52 "White 3" "Nesthäkchen" - crashed 20 March 1943,  White 3 , Technikmuseum Speyer.
 * HA-1109-K1L C.4J-??,  <<< Yellow 4  Luftwaffen Museum, Gatow, rebuilt as Bf 109G-2 with DB605
 * HA-1109-K1L c/n 54 C.4J-??, Messerschmitt Museum, Manching
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 194 C.4K-134, movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, On limited display at Wittmundhafen AB, marked as Black 12) has been rebuilt with DB 605 engine
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 228 C.4K-170 (N170BG), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow <", movie: Patton (as P-51B) "743652",  Yellow 4 + - ,  Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, has been rebuilt with DB605 engine.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 213 C.4K-1?? (D-FEHD),  Black 15 , Messerschmitt Foundation.


 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109B/V10a 1010 (D-IAKO), Oberschleißheim, Munich
 * Bf 109 F-2 8993, ex GC + KQ, ex-2./JG 3, ex-Bf 109F-4, ex-JG 54 "White 2", ex-9/III JG 5 "Yellow 3" (pilot Obgfr. Eugen Britz) - crashed 3 April 1943,  Yellow 3 
 * Bf 109 G-2 13605, "Yellow 12"
 * Bf 109 G-6 410077 (VH-BFG), ex-RK + FY, ex-IV./JG 54 "<+"
 * Bf 109 G-10 w/n unknown (D-FDME),  Black 2 + - , EADS / Messerschmitt Foundation.

Israel

 * On display
 * S-199 782358, ex-Israel AF, D 112 Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Air Force Base

Netherlands

 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-5 15343, ex-5./JG 53 "Black 11",  Black 11 , Aviation Museum at Seppe, Breda.
 * Bf 109 G-6 15678 ex-9./JG 54 "Brown 7"- crashed Jul 1943, fuselage only at the Atlantic Wall Museum

Norway

 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 G-2/R1 13470, ex-CI + KS, ex-8./JG 5 "White 4", Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø
 * Bf 109 G-1/R2 14141, ex-DG + UF, ex-2./JG 5 "Black 6", Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola
 * Bf 109 G-2/R-6 14649, Stab IV/JG 5, "Yellow 3", Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø

Poland

 * On Display
 * Bf 109 G-6 163306, ex-RQ + DR, ex-JGr. West "Red 3" - crashed 28 May 1944,  Red 3 , Fundacja Polskie Orły, Warszawa


 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 E-3 1185, ex-Bf 109 E-6, Lotnictwa Astronautyki Museum, Krakow

Russia

 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-2 14658, ex-KG-WF, ex-6./JG 5 "Yellow 2", Museum of the Air Forces of the Northern Fleet, Severomorsk
 * Bf 109 G-6 411768 ex-FN + RX, ex-RW + ZI, ex-II./JG 5 "Black 1",  Black 1 , Vadim Zadorozny Technical Museum, Moscow


 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf109 F-4/Z 7504, ex-7./JG 3 "White 10 + |" (pilot Fw. Rudolf Berg) - crashed 28 March 1943
 * Bf 109 G-2 13427, ex-9./JG 5 "Yellow 2", Russia (S)

Serbia

 * On display
 * Bf 109 G-2 14792, ex-GJ + QJ, ex-Yugoslavian AF 9663 "63",  63 , Yugoslavian Aviation Museum, Belgrade.

South Africa

 * On display
 * Bf 109 E-3 1289, ex-SH + FA, ex-2./JG 26 (Schlageter) "Red 2",  Red 2 , South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
 * Bf 109 F-2 trop, unknown Werknr, ex-I./JG 27 White6 South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg.

Spain

 * On display
 * HA-1109-K1L c/n 56 C.4J-10, ex-94 Sq "94-28",  94-28 , Museo del Aire, Madrid
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 211 C.4K-148, ex-471 Sq "471-23",  471-23 , Museo del Aire, Madrid.

Switzerland

 * On display
 * Bf 109 E-3 2242, ex-Swiss AF "J-355,  J-355 , Swiss Air Force Museum, Dubendorf.

United Kingdom
Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
 * Airworthy
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 67 C.4K-31 (G-AWHE), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 8",  Yellow 14 , Spitfire Ltd, Jersey.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 144 C.4K-162
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 223 C.4K-102 (G-BWUE), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 7",  Red 1 ,
 * On display
 * Bf 109 E-3 1190, ex-Bf109E-4/N, ex-4./JG 26 "White 4",  White 4 , Imperial War Museum Duxford
 * Bf 109 E-3 4101, ex-GH + DX, ex-6./JG 52 "Yellow 8", ex-2/JG51 "Black 12", ex-RAF DG200, ex-No. 1426 Flight RAF (the "Rafwaffe"), used in Battle of Britain film,  Black 12 ,  RAF Museum Hendon
 * Bf 109 G-2 trop 10639 (G-USTV), ex-PG + QJ, ex-III./JG 77 "Black 6", ex-3 Sdn RAAF "CV-V", ex-RAF RN228 No.1426 Flight (Enemy Aircraft),  Black 6 , Royal Air Force Museum London.  The aircraft was then the world's only airworthy example until 12 October 1997 when the plane flipped during landing after encountering an engine problem. Pilot Sir John Allison was uninjured in the incident. The plane was salvaged and restored to static display condition.
 * Bf 109 E-4 4853, ex-2./JG 51, wreck on display at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge


 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 E-1 Wknr unknown, ex-Spanish AF C4E-88, Robs Lamplough, Hungerford
 * Bf 109 E-1 854, Charleston Aviation Services
 * Bf 109 E-3 1983, ex-5./JG 5 "Red ?", Charleston Aviation Services, Colchester
 * Bf 109 E-3 3523, ex-CS + AJ, ex-Bf 109E-7, ex-5/JG 5 "Red 6", Jim Pearce, Sussex
 * Bf 109 E-3 4034 (G-CDTI), ex-1/JG 77, ex-8/JG 53 "Black 5", "Black 6" - crashed 11 February 1940, Rare Aero Ltd, Jersey
 * Bf 109 F-4 7485, ex-9./JG 5 "Black 1" Charleston Aviation Services
 * Bf 109 F-4 8347, ex-6./JG 54 "Yellow 10", Charleston Aviation Services
 * Bf 109 G-2 15458, Charleston Aviation Services
 * Bf 109 G-6 15458, ex-8./JG 1 "Black 10", ex-III/JG 1, CW Tomkins Ltd

United States

 * Airworthy
 * Bf 109 E-3 1342 (N342FH), ex-6./JG 51 "Yellow 8" (Pilot: Eduard Hemmerling) - crashed: 29 July 1940,  Yellow 8 , Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, Washington.
 * Bf 109 G-14 610937 (N109EV), ex-Bf 109 G-10/U-4, ex-Bulgarian AF, Ex-Yugoslavian AF 9664, 172 Group / 83rd SQ "44",  Green << , Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 234 C.4K-169 (N109W), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 5",  <<- + - , Harold Kindsvater, Castle Air Force Base, California


 * On display
 * Bf 109 E-7 5975, ex-6./JG 5 "Yellow 4" - shot down 10 May 1942, Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Savannah, Georgia.
 * Bf 109 G-6 trop 160163, ex-KT + LL, ex-3./JG 4 "Yellow 4", ex-USAAF FE-496,  White 2 , National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
 * Bf 109 G-10 610824 (N109MS), ex-II./JG 52 "Black 2", ex-USAAF FE-124, T2-124,  Blue 4 , National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. with Erla Haube reduced-framing canopy and taller wooden vertical fin/rudder unit.
 * Bf 109 G-10/U4 611943, ex-II./JG 52 "Yellow 13", ex-USAAF FE-122, T2-122  Yellow 13 , Planes of Fame, Valle, Arizona.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 120 C.4K-77 (N700E),  Yellow 3 , Planes of Fame, Chino, California.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 171 C.4K-100 (N76GE), ex-71 Sq. "71-9", movie: Battle of Britain "Red 13",  C.4K-19 71-9  Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, Michigan.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 186 C.4K-122 (N109J), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 7",  << + |, Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, rebuilt as a Bf 109E with DB601 engine.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 193 C.4K-130 (N90602), movie: Battle of Britain "<", Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, Oregon
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 199 C.4K-127 (N109BF), movie: Battle of Britain - Hurricane "MI-S", ex-Edwards Collection, Yellow 1 + <- , EAA Aviation Museum, Oshkosh Wisconsin.


 * Stored or under restoration
 * Bf 109 E-3 2023, ex-Bf 109E-7, ex-8./JG 5 "Black 9" (pilot Ofw. Walter Sommer) - crashed 27 May 1943, Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach, Virginia.
 * Bf 109 F-4 8461, ex-5./JG 27, Malcolm Laing.
 * Bf 109 F-4 10144, ex-6./JG 5 "Yellow 7" (pilot Fw. Albert Brunner) - crashed 5 September 1942, Air Assets International, Lafayette, Colorado.
 * Bf 109 G-2 10394, ex-6./JG 5 "Yellow 2" (pilot Fw. Erwin Fahldieck) - crashed 29 April 1943, Malcolm Laing, Texas.
 * Bf 109 G-2 13500, ex-II./JG ? "Red 4".
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 133 C.4K-64 (N109FF), ex-USAFM,  <<+- , Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia, being engined with DB605
 * Bf 109 F-4 10212, ex-JG 5, Air Assets International, Lafayette, Colorado.
 * Bf 109 F-4 10256, ex-11./JG 5 "<", Air Assets International, Lafayette, Colorado.
 * Bf 109 F-4 10276, ex-JG 5, Air Assets International, Lafayette, Colorado.
 * Bf 109 G-2 13927, ex-6./JG 5 "Yellow 6"
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n unkn C.4K-30, ex-471 Sq "471-26", movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring. Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 129 C.4K-61 (G-AWHE), movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 137 C.4K-116 (N6109), Quantico, Virginia.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 145 C.4K-105 (N6036), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 4", ex-Edwards Collection, Richard Hansen, Batavia Illinois.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n unkn C.4K-111, ex-471 Sq "471-15", movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 166 C.4K-106 (N90607), movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 8", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 187 C.4K-99 (N90604), ex-7 Sq "7-77", movie: Battle of Britain "Yellow 5",  Yellow 5 , Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 190 C.4K-126 (N90603), movie: Battle of Britain "Red 9", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 195 C.4K-135, movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, St Louis, Missouri.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 220 C.4K-152 (N4109G), movie: Battle of Britain "White 5", Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 223 C.4K-154, movie: Battle of Britain, Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas.
 * HA-1112-M1L c/n 178 C.4K-178, movie: Battle of Britain, ex-Victory Air Museum, The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, Geneseo, New York, rebuilt with DB601N engine.
 * HA-1112-M4L c/n unkn C.4K-112, Accepted: Spanish AF, Assigned: 7 Sqd (codes:7 - 92), Assigned: 40 Sqd (codes: 40 - 2), Movie: 1969 "The Battle of Britain" (markings: Red 11), Sold: 1970 Wilson Edwards (N1109G) currently in storage with the Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas marked as Red 11)