Very little is left at the crash site today. The DB 605 engine was removed some time in 2002

Vi hadde gleden av og besøke hele 5 havariplasser på denne torsdagen. "A very good day" kan man si.

Delene lå samlet i myrhullet, vi fant ingenting i området rundt selve havaristedet.

© kjell sørensen
© morten moe
Mortenstoppen 18.8 2005

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 Mortenstoppen, Sør-Varanger

III./JG 5 WNr.14639 16.12 1943

Crashed due to technical problems. A vitness told the airplane lost its wing in the air and spun to the ground. The wing fell down in the vicinity of Bjørnevatn. The pilot (unknown) bailed out and survived.