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Since before the Second World War Germany’s clock production was self-f-sufficient, and they did not need to import them from Switzerland, when the production of airplanes, tanks, trucks… was reaching the top.

The Bo-Uk-FI 23885 Blindfluguhr (blind-flight or instrumental flight), made by Junghans, was designed for flights without visibility.

It provided all the necessary abouy time in an airplane,

time,
flight time (when you select, with the arrow in the rotating bezel, the minute hand during the take off),
timer. To activate the timer, you had to click the button situated on the bottom part. The second hand would start moving and the minutes counter hand at 6 o’clock. If you click the button again, it stops the timer and the next push resets both hands to zero. The timer was necessary for approachs with no visibility.

This clock was so valuable, that pilots were forced to take it and the gunsight in case of an emergency landing.

During the time it was being built, 5 other models were created, going from using a brass bezel and knobs to bakelite.

The Bo UK 1 has power for 36 hours, 11 jewels, and a 30BZ caliber.

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	THE CLOCK Since before the Second World War Germany’s clock production was self-f-sufficient, and they did not need to import them from Switzerland, when the production of airplanes, tanks, trucks… was reaching the top. The Bo-Uk-FI 23885 Blindfluguhr (blind-flight or instrumental flight), made by Junghans, was designed for flights without visibility. It provided all the necessary abouy time in an airplane, time, flight time (when you select, with the arrow in the rotating bezel, the minute hand during the take off), timer. To activate the timer, you had to click the button situated on the bottom part. The second hand would start moving and the minutes counter hand at 6 o’clock. If you click the button again, it stops the timer and the next push resets both hands to zero. The timer was necessary for approachs with no visibility. This clock was so valuable, that pilots were forced to take it and the gunsight in case of an emergency landing. During the time it was being built, 5 other models were created, going from using a brass bezel and knobs to bakelite. The Bo UK 1 has power for 36 hours, 11 jewels, and a 30BZ caliber.




	THE AIRPLANE This clock equipped practically all the German airplanes from the Second World War. It was used in the Stuka, the Focke Wulf 190, He 111, etc. I have chosen the Messereschmitt 109 because it was the main fighter used by the Germans during the Second World War. Over 30.000 of them were built. Its superiority over the Spitfires, Hurricanes and the rest of the fighters at the beginning of the Second World War was obvious until the Battle of Britain in 1940. The main problem of the Me 109 during the battle was its range. It could reach London but it could only fight for 20 minutes over London. For this reason, the Spitfires would attack them during their return when the fuel was limited. More over the new versions of the Spitfire and the Hurricane were better than the new versions of the Bf 109 under 15.000 feet (4.500 meters). Below this height, the Me 109 was clearly in disadvantage for missions of support to terrestrial troops, or support to stukas, or low altitud bombing. Then they were used as an escort for strategic bombers, and later as a bomber. The Stukas were escorted by the ME 109, but they were so vulnerable while diving and bombing, that after catastrophic losses, the Stuka were taken out in August of 1940. In 1942, when the bombing of the B-17 and B-24 began, the weaponry of the Bf 109, two 7.9 mm machineguns over the propeller and a 20 mm cannon (see the picture of the cannon in the centre through the axle) were obviously insufficient. 20 shots were needed to knock down one of these bombers. In the next versions, they incorporated a 30mm cannon under the wings. This took away speed and brought down the maneuverability to fight with the spitfire. THE COCKPIT In the cockpit, everything was well organized and at hand, with very good instruments. However this cockpit has possibly been the smallest one ever built for a fighter. The pilot would sit on top of the fuel tank. A yellow tube goes through right side of the cockpit and leads the fuel to the engine. It had a transparent part so the pilot could make sure that the fuel was reaching the engine. The back end of the 20 mm cannon was situated between the pedals. The landing gear was operated by a single button under the throttle. It didn’t have the normal lever to activate the landing gear.


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HISTORY OF THE ACES OF THE ME 109
Adolf Galland, first ace of the western air force. 104 knock downs.	Ace of Aces, Erich Hartman. 352 knock downs.

Adolf Galland explains in his book “The first and the last” that he was invited to a birthday party of the Commandant in Calais, and he filled his best Me109F with lobsters and champagne, and on the way to Le Touquet coming from Britain, Adolf and his mate did a small and private visit to the island were they knocked down 3 Spitfires, while escaping from a whole squadron he realized that his airplane was slower than the one of his mate. When he was about to land he realized that people from land were sending strange signals and shooting off red signs. Then he understood that in the middle of combat he had accidentally lowered the landing gear. When he has about to land, he activated the landing gear control rising the undercarriage instead of lowereing. He almost landed without it. He had been fighting with it lowered. (From the book "The first and the last" by Adolf Galland)
	He is the mayor Ace of all times. He fought for the eastern air force. He caused so much damage that the Russian government offer a 50.000$ reward for his death. His logo was a red bleeding heart with an arrow going through it. It was the most feared of the German air force. He completed 1.400 missions. He was knocked down 16 times, 8 of them because he crashed into pieces of other airplanes he had blown up. His technique was to shoot from so close that his windshield was almost part of the other airplane.

THE AIRPLANE

This clock equipped practically all the German airplanes from the Second World War. It was used in the Stuka, the Focke Wulf 190, He 111, etc. I have chosen the Messereschmitt 109 because it was the main fighter used by the Germans during the Second World War. Over 30.000 of them were built.

THE COCKPIT

The back end of the 20 mm cannon was situated between the pedals. The landing gear was operated by a single button under the throttle. It didn’t have the normal lever to activate the landing gear.

HISTORY OF THE ACES OF THE ME 109

Adolf Galland, first ace of the western air force. 104 knock downs.

Ace of Aces, Erich Hartman. 352 knock downs.

(From the book "The first and the last" by Adolf Galland)

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