Canadian Air and Space museum

[Chris79]

[pipz]

  A good time I take it?

[Chris79]

Yes, took a lot more pictures, got to sit in a Mig21 cockpit, and came across a long lost freind "the DeHavilland Beaver". Tomorrow is the War Museum and Parliament hill. I was hoping to have time to make it to Quebec City, but it seems doubtful.

[Devil 505]

Do you have any other pics of the 109? I'd like to see the left side of the fuselage. That's either an F-4 with a G canopy or a G-2 with an F-4 cowling. I need to see where the fuel filler hatch is to know for sure.

[hgtonyvi]

I would guess its a g-6

[Canspec]

According to their website it is an F4.....they do have some more pictures there......

[The Fugitive]

Yup, thats what I found too.

Messerschmitt BF 109F-4/TROP

[Devil 505]

I found a pic via google.



It's an F with a G canopy.

But it gets even stranger. Somebody who was dealing with the restoration modified the the front canopy to appear more like an F by adding a window to the lower left corner. Problem is that the thick frames are a dead giveaway that it's a G canopy for anyone that knows their 109's.

Furthermore, the scheme depicted is that of Horst Carganico, who had his planes modified to fit the early Emil canopy with rounded windows.

[Chris79]

The display suggests that the airframe was pulled from the Muck near Murmansk in the 1990's so I would suspect that it was in poor condition. I asked about the desert paint scheme but did not receive an adequate answer. The museum had a Spit9, Hurri2, Typhoon, BF109F?, Sea Fury, Lancaster, Me163, and a He162 in the WW2 section. The Hurricane seemed odd for it had 8 303s and 4 20mns.

[Devil 505]

The desert colors are correct for the aircraft for Carganico and most of the other 109F's in Jg 5 as they were sent Tropical build aircraft for whatever reason.

[hgtonyvi]

hmm thats why I was guessing its a G6 looks like. I was guessing since I don't know much about 109s

[Zimme83]

The Hurricane seemed odd for it had 8 303s and 4 20mns.

Have a pic?

[MiloMorai]

from http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/collection.php?&start=0

Someone went big eyed seeing mg barrels sticking out of the wing.

[pipz]

I am sure there is a certain amount of "make do" when it comes to parts when restoring these things.

[MiloMorai]

Another Canadian Hurricane, https://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g499115-d573716-i101490082-Reynolds_Alberta_Museum-Wetaskiwin_Alberta.html