Wartime Bf108 Taifuns flown by kiwis

[diamant]

Hello

I am me again.

Sometime ago I got a photo of a Bf108 captured in the Desert and the inscription of the photo said that this aircraft was painted in "standard desert scheme" with RAF markings and fin flash.

Dave mentioned that Don Nairn flew a Bf108 that which was captured from his base at Dekheila, Egypt. No serial numbers are seen but it is just in the standard desert scheme with RAF roundels and finflashes.

I wonder if some of you have further information / photos of this Bf108 or any other Bf108 flew by RNZAF pilots. Any piece of information is very valuble in this kind of topic (captured aircrafts)

Many thanks

Kind regards
Santiago

[oggie2620]

Have you tried the RAF museum or Imperial War Museum. They have archives there may be something in there? Try putting something on www.rafcommands.com/forum (might be worth doing a search first as someone else may have asked the same thing) as they have some guys on there who have an interest in that sort of thing.
Dee

[diamant]

Hi Dee

Thanks for the piece of advice. I will ask on that forum.

Does anyone have the Don Nairn's book?. I would like to know if the photo of the Bf108 captured which appears in the book is the same that I have.
Also any additional information mentioned in the book will be for great interest to me.


Many thanks in advance

Kind regards
Santiago

[oggie2620]

Found this on Abebooks when looking for the Don Nairn book:
Messerschmitt (BFW) Bf 108 B-1 Taifun (ISBN: 8372191220)
Przymusiala, P; Karnas, D
Bookseller: Viceroy Books
(Annerley, QLD, Australia)

Bookseller Rating:

Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Wydawnictwo Militaria, Warsaw, Poland, 2001. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New book, 50 pages, 110 colour photographs covering almost every area of this plane. Also included are 20 line drawings - most in 1:48 scale. Bookseller Inventory # 004354
And:
Monogram Close-Up 5: Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun [Paperback]
Thomas H .Hitchcock
An excellent reference of this very rare aircraft. It has some minor errors per my research. I have had several copies but I am down to two copies & need more.
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Monogram Aviation Publications; 1st edition (1979)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0914144057
ISBN-13: 978-0914144052

[Dave Homewood]

Hi Santiago,

I don't have a scanner here but I have a digital camera which is the next best thing, so here is the photo and the text from Don's excellent book 'Gold Wings and Webbed Feet'. You might like to model the other captured aircraft at HMS Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt too. I quite like the Ju52 "LIBYAN CLIPPER"



A closer look:


And the text referring to the Taifun and other captured aircraft there.