Plane with Nazi insignia crashes in LA

Please let this be Air Force One

Another angle of the crash. The headline calls it a vintage plane but doesn't identify the type. Zooming in it MIGHT be an old American AT-6 painted in Luftwaffe black-green. Hollywood frequently used to fly the AT-6 as a stand in for Japanese and German fighters.

TMZ at your service:

[quote]The aircraft appears to be a Bf-109, a workhorse aircraft in the German Luftwaffe. It's unclear if the plane is a replica or the real deal.

No, not a 109. That was my first thought but the crashed plane's cockpit is too far forward. You can see the picture below of an actual 109.

KTLA now says it is a SNJ which is the Navy version of the Army AT-6.

An aviation source provided KTLA with the suspected tail number of the aircraft, which matched the Federal Aviation Administration record for a fixed-wing single-engine plane registered to Condor Squadron, a Van Nuys-based group that flies restored World War II-era aircraft.

“Pilot was able to walk away with no injuries,” a Twitter account for Condor Squadron said. “We will post more info as we are able to release them.”

The aircraft is a T-6 Texan from North American Aviation, a trainer plane that is popular in airshows. The FAA registry for the tail number describes the plane as a 1958 SNJ-5, which is a modified T-6 Texan.

The plane appeared to have been painted in camouflage, with black-and-white crosses on its wings in the manner of a World War II German fighter aircraft.