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"Tri-Pacer" wrote:

I saw an ad in my current Trade-a-Plane for a "new from the factory" Bf 109F
still in its original shipping crate as manufactured in 1942.

Has anyone heard anything about this find? I wonder if it's a scam?

Well, anybody who watches Antiques Roadshow knows these sorts of things are
*always* worth more in their original packaging :-)