Bf-109T

[Wildcat1]

this was basically a 109E configured as a carrier aircraft. it was lighter, had carrier landing gear, and a tailhook, and the same armament as the E

of course, the Toni never saw service as a carrier aircraft, but 60 aircraft, stripped of carrier landing gear and tailhooks, served with JG.77 and later JG.11 from 1941-1944

it did see combat in squadron strength, but only as a land version, which makes me wonder if we could get the cv version (the T-1).

it has superior acceleration compared to the E, and has a short take-off length. unfortunately, the only reliable sources are modeling sites, so this is the best i found:
http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=4153

[Guppy35]

Search is your friend.

[Pigslilspaz]

Also, if am not mistaken, it was credited with the first aerial kill in a 109

[STXAce8]

+100000000 We should have some german ride on cvs.

[Wildcat1]

Search is your friend.

has this really been brought up before? i had no idea.... that being said, you are right

[Liberator]

+1, it would be an interesting plane to have.

[Karnak]

Also, if am not mistaken, it was credited with the first aerial kill in a 109

You are mistaken.

[Krusty]

-1,000 votes.

No.

Without the carrier gear it was essentially a 109E-4 or possibly E-7 (depending on the engine setup, I can't remember the details).

Why ask for a plane that never was, in a role it was never used, when we don't even have the basic plane it's a clone of?


Just wish for the E-7, silly!!

[oakranger]

has this really been brought up before? i had no idea.... that being said, you are right

Yes.  Something that we will not see it's likes on AH.

Also, if am not mistaken, it was credited with the first aerial kill in a 109

Yes, if i am not mistaken, the 109-T was the first to shoot down a B-17.  Somebody correct me if i am wrong on that.

[Krusty]

You're forgetting all the kills in the Spanish Civil War through the Battle of Britain there.....

[Guppy35]

Yes, if i am not mistaken, the 109-T was the first to shoot down a B-17.  Somebody correct me if i am wrong on that.

The de-navalized 109Ts went to Norway.  I believe you are correct in that it was a 109T-2 of JG77 that shot down an RAF B17C of 90 Squadron on September 8, 1941.

So as soon as we get the B17C, then we can add the 109T for historical accuracy

[Avanti]

If i'm not mistaken,
The German's had a aircraft carrier for 30 mins...
before the english showed up and sunk it..

So to be historically correct we can have the 109t,
It just can't up off a CV...

Avanti

[Lusche]

If i'm not mistaken,

You are

[Avanti]

You are

Sorry I stand corrected, I was wrrrrr


but let me correct myself
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-only-nazi-aircraft-carrier

"The Graf Zeppelin stayed at her moorings in Stettin for the rest of the war never to see action."

Avanti

[SEseph]

I LOVE damninteresting.com! That being said, are we talking about 109's in general, or during WWII itself? Germany tested the 109 in the the Spanish civil war. That was were they became battle-hardened.

"The first Bf 109As saw service in the Spanish Civil War. By September 1939, the Bf 109 became the mainstay fighter of the Luftwaffe by World War II, replacing the biplane fighters, and was instrumental in gaining air superiority for the Wehrmacht during the Blitzkrieg."

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