The world gained another airworthy Bf109 only last month, when Mid West Aero in Danville, IL finished the long restoration to airworthy of Bf109G-6 Wr.Nr 410077 which had been recovered largely intact, from a freshwater lake in far north of Russiaway back in 1990, after crash landing on its frozen surface in early 1944 after being damaged by flak, when being operated by Stab IV/JG54.
It made its first post restoration flight in the legendary hands of Steve Hinton a few weeks ago.