• Messerschmitt on concrete with cholks on front wheels, nose facing the camera.
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    The Messerschmitt Bf 109 V1 (r/n D-IABI, Werke-Nr.758, the prototype for the entire Bf 109 series of aircraft) on the ground, chocks in place, engine running; Germany, September 16, 1936. 

  • Messerschmitt on concrete with cholks on front wheels, nose facing the camera.

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1936

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NASM 89-13764

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