Captured in Tunisia in 1943 and often attributed to Heinz Lüdemann of 2./JG77, "Black 6" is likely one of the most famous, if not THE most famous 109 survivor extant thanks to her intricate restoration at the hands of Russ Snadden and his team.  She appeared at numerous airshows throughout the early 1990s, demonstrating the grace and power of this beautiful aircraft, and in a twist of sheer irony was heavily damaged when landing from what was to be herfinal flight before permanent retirement in the RAF Museum.

Her reconstruction is now complete, but sadly we can no longer thrill to the sight and sound of this magnificent warbird- she has been "stuffed and mounted", and is forbidden to take to the air again.  While under reconstruction, Bill Livingston visited her and took the opportunity to fire off as many shots as his autofocus Nikon would allow, and the results are seen here.

If anyone else has further photographs of "Black 6" that they would like to add to this outstanding coverage, I'd be delighted to hear from you.

 

Update:  David "Falcon" Weiss has provided a fantastic external walkaround that merits an entire page...  click HERE to navigate to the new page.

 

The fantastic cockpit photos below were taken by Bill Livingston while Black 6 sat forlornly in a corner following her accident in 1997.

The following photos were taken between early 1998 and this year as the aircraft underwent her reconstruction after the unfortunate noseover in October 1997.  These have been submitted by Mikael Olrog.

                   

Adding to the external views, Steve Barnes sent us the following lovely series of pics of 10639 in her current inanimate state...