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D-IALY Me109V-4 Spain Condor Early

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Engine number 61020 and 643?? JG51 perhaps of intrest to E Engineman

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These engines, 61020 and 643?? are DB Genshagen built DB 601 A. There is certainly engine change work here, and that was not unusual with the short engine life and engine returns to repair shops for overhaul or for fault rectification.

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Also I can't see the protruding MG barrels so I would say the Bf 109E-1 judging by that and the windshield seen on the foreground kite.
 

Very interesting series of shots that I suspect someone will have detailed info about?
So, there is not much sign of bullet strikes on the skin but, I can see:
The rear canopy section is damaged and dislodged.
The centre hinged section is missing.
The front windshield frame is deformed and the glass front panel looks smashed.
There appears to be damage to the air intake fairing.
The rear and lower sections of cowling are oil soaked.

So, my guess is that this aircraft picked-up some hits from bullets in the canopy and the air-intake. The canopy damage/hits allowed the centre section to dislodge and drop away.
The hit on the air intake fairing continued into the supercharger which has failed/done more damage and caused bad oil leak at the rear of the engine, presumably bad enough that the pilot was forced to land on the beach.

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The Bf 109E3 W.Nr.2767 "Red 1" of the 2./JG26 flown by Fritz Losigkeit.
 

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