Unusual Bf 109s

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Charles, I found one!!!

plus a couple more....
 

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The "Bf-109X" shown in these photos is certainly an interesting experiment, but just because the Japanese and Russians could adopt in-line designs to successfully take radials (Ki-61/100 and Lagg3/La5) doesn't mean a radial-engined Bf-109 would have been as good as or better than the designed-from-scratch Fw-190.
This plane is almost more interesting to me because if features an all-round cockpit canopy. Unless I'm mistaken, this is the only German Bf-109 prototype that ever made that obvious improvement. I wonder why. Also, I wonder how "official" the "X" subtype designator is, Wasn't this plane also assigned a "V" prototype number?
 
a few more interesting Bf 109s including more 209s and 309....

(sources unknown)
 

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interesting stuff Chris. Any info on the checked and striped '109s? Looks like they're in allied hands, post war (Note wing on right, with roundel below), possibly in Denmark.
 
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interesting stuff Chris. Any info on the checked and striped '109s? Looks like they're in allied hands, post war (Note wing on right, with roundel below), possibly in Denmark.
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Terry, I believe these Bf 109s are post war Finnish machines. Fancy paint work might be for some kind of maneuvers or something like that...

 
Maybe, but the style looks more like an allied form. The aircraft wing on the right certainly has a roundel beneath it, and I vaguely recall some aircraft being used for target simulation for filming, or something similar, with similar paint schemes for telemetary. I suggested Denmark as there was a large collection point for 'enemy' aircraft there, immediately after the war, I think either at Kastrup, Vaerlose or Aalborg, and the style of buildings looks like those places.
EDIT: Crossing posts. Thanks Igor, I believe you're right, and I thought I'd seen the scheme somewhere! Also explains the style of architecture!
 
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