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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 ‘Yellow 3’ has been recovered from a Russian lake.
IKAR/BORIS OSETINSKYA Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 was
successfully raised from a lake
in northern Russia earlier this
year by specialist recovery group
IKAR. The aircraft has beenidentifi ed as Yellow 3 of JG 5,
though it is not the Yellow 3 that
was fl own by the unit’s Rudolf
‘Rudi’ Müller, who is credited with
between 94 and 101 victories. Theaircraft is believed to have made an
emergency landing on the frozen
surface of the lake, and was partially
salvaged before it slipped beneath
the surface.The signifi cant remains of the
fi ghter have been transported to
Moscow where it could be used
as the basis for an airworthy
restoration. MARK SHEPPARDMesserschmitt recovered from Russian lake
McDonnell Douglas Phantom
FG.1 XV582 Black Mike is being
moved from Cosford to St Athan in
South Wales.
The jet was purchased from the
MOD by Gary Spoors, owner of GJD
Services, during 2016. Since then
it has been managed by the British
Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG),
which performed the complex task
of transporting the aircraft from
Leuchars in Scotland to Cosford,
and restoring it for temporary
display. With its tenure at the
Shropshire base now at an end,Black Mike is being moved again so
that restoration work can continue.
BPAG chairman Paul Wright
said: “The facilities GJD has at
St Athan are ideal and we are
looking forward to starting work
at the earliest opportunity. At
an appropriate point during the
restoration we would love people
to come and see what we’ve been
up to. This will be subject to the
health and safety situation on
site and will be at the owner’s
discretion. So, watch this space.”
http://www.facebook.com/BPAGoffi cialPhantom ‘Black Mike’
on its way to new home‘Black Mike’ is disassembled at Cosford in
October prior to being moved to St Athan.
MARK LAMONTMorayvia’s Westland Wessex HU.
XT466 has been repainted into the
scheme it wore prior to being
called up for service in the 1982
Falklands War.
The helicopter served from August
1, 1979 with 771 NAS as CU-528 at
RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, before
transferring to 847 NAS on April 27,
- It was painted overall dark green
for service in the South Atlantic, and
was withdrawn from fl ying duties after
returning to the UK with just over
3,089 hours ‘on the clock’. It’s believed
to have last fl own in September 1982
with 845 NAS at San Carlos, on the
Falkland Islands.
The aircraft was used as an
instructional airframe at Cosford
before moving to Weeton Barracks in
Lancashire. Morayvia, based at Kinloss
in Scotland, acquired the Wessex in
December 2017 and has spent most of
the summer returning it to its original
search and rescue colours. The machine
was named Duke Of York at a formal
ceremony led by Grenville Johnston, the
Lord Lieutenant of Moray, on September- WITH THANKS TO JIM SIMPSON-MORAYVIA
http://www.morayvia.org.uk
Smart new livery for
Scottish Wessex
Westland Wessex HU.5 XT466 resplendent in
new colours at Morayvia. COURTESY JIM SIMPSON