- United States of America: The aircraft depicted below belonged to the U.S. Military Attaché for Air in Berlin. It was bought in the spring 1939 and was officially designated as Messerschmitt XC-44. In November 1941 it was condemned and shortly after, in December 1941 after the Germany declared war on the USA, the aircraft was repossessed by the German authorities.
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia closed a deal with Germany to buy some Messerschmitt Bf.109E fighters. Given the technical complexity of those new fighters, Yugoslav pilots had to be trained in simpler aircraft, so the most logical choice was the Bf.108. At least nine of them were purchased by the Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force. Two of them were assigned to the 710th Liaison Squadron, based in Lješnica and the other three were assigned to the Air Training School, based in Mostar.
Some other also served in the liaison role, with the 702nd Liaison Squadron based in Zemun, with the 703rd Liaison Squadron, based in Nova Topola, with the 704th Liaison Squadron, based in Stubol and the 705th Liaison Squadron, based in Ljubic. All of them were either destroyed in 1941 when Axis powers invaded or captured (see our previous post for one Italian captured Bf.108 for another example).
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108
2. https://www.valka.cz/Nord-1001-Pingouin-I-t85450
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Pingouin
4. http://www.warbirdalley.com/bf108.htm
5. Wydawnictwo Militaria 149 - Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun
6. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=347
7. https://www.wikizeroo.org/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvWXVnb3NsYXZfb3JkZXJfb2ZfYmF0dGxlX3ByaW9yX3RvX3RoZV9pbnZhc2lvbl9vZl9ZdWdvc2xhdmlh
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