Cliffs of Dover is the Best. (A few screenshots).

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by larry69

Bf 109E-1 5./JG52, June 1940


Larry69

I do like the idea of dioramas, but this one makes me curious: how did the pilot get there? what's he doing there? He's on the wrong side of his plane, the cockpit isn't open that side, and the propeller is turning, which makes it dangerous to walk past it.

I am trying not to be negative, it just seems an odd situation to me, the pilot on the other side of the plane would be obvious, but on this side, I wonder why he's there. I think it was usual for the RAF to enter their planes from the left side of the plane, but with the way the cockpit of the '109 opened, the Luftwaffe had almost no choice, they had to climb in from the left.