 For the next 35 years, these Spanish Bf 109s were the mainstay for numerous World War II aviation movies and television work, including "Hanover Street", "Memphis Belle", "The Tuskegee Airmen" and "Piece of Cake" to name but a few.Starting in late 1988, Bf 109s were among numerous crashed examples of World War II aircraft still extant in Russia that were being recovered for restoration.Other examples of the early models of the Bf 109 have been found in crash sites in France and Italy (as well as several aircraft recovered where they had been buried in Germany).