These walk-around photos were taken at the RAF Museum London in Hendon in 2019. They show a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4/R6, Werk-Nummer 730301, coded D5+RL — probably the most complete surviving Bf 110 in existence. The Bf 110 began the war as a long-range heavy fighter and escort aircraft, but its limitations were exposed brutally during the Battle of Britain when it proved no match for the agile Spitfire and Hurricane and itself needed fighter escort. It found a far more successful second career as a night fighter, where its range, load-carrying capacity and crew of three made it well suited to the role. Equipped with Lichtenstein SN-2 airborne radar, the G-4 became a formidable hunter of RAF bombers over the Reich. Built in 1944 and fitted with the FuG 220b Lichtenstein SN-2 radar, Werk-Nr. 730301 served with 1./NJG 3, the night fighter unit responsible for the air defence of Denmark and northern Germany. It was surrendered intact at Grove airfield in Denmark in May 1945 and ferried to RAE Farnborough in August 1945 for technical evaluation. Selected for long-term preservation by the Air Historical Branch in May 1946, it was fully restored at RAF St Athan in the early 1970s and has been on display at Hendon since 1978.