Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3

Weight Empty: 2700 kg (5,953 lb) Citation Source image

For many years, the history of the NASM Bf 109G-6 was mysterious. In 1995, Jim Kitchens, an archivist at Maxwell Air Force Base, discovered a report on the defection of René Darbois on July 25, 1944. Darbois was a native of German-annexed Lorraine who claimed he was forced to...

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