History[]
Originally operated by 9th Staffel of the III./JG3 as Yellow 9, this aircraft was initially tested by the Red Army Air Force Research Institute NII-VVS, before arriving at Eglin AFB, Florida on 21 March 1944. Tested by the evaluation Branch of the USAAF, it was at first coded as EB-1, later becoming EB-100.
It was presented to the USA by the USSR in November 1942 as a goodwill gesture after a visit to Moscow by Wendell Wilkie, the US Secretary of State.[1]
Freshly captured by the Red Army Air Force
Still as EB-1
Bf 109F EB-100 together with Fw 190A EB-101
An unusual view of a Bf 109