This Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 was manufactured in Germany by Erla Maschinenwerk in 1942 for the Luftwaffe. In August of that year, the aircraft was damaged during aerial combat and crash-landed near the Arctic port of Murmansk in the Soviet Union.
Messerschmitt
Bf 109F-4
The Bf 109F was the best variant of the 109 produced. The square wing ends of earlier versions were replaced by rounded tips and the wing-mounted guns were dropped because they weakened the wings. The biggest improvement for the Bf 109F was the new DB 601E engine.