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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Treize69 on February 22, 2006, 09:47:11 AM

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Treize69 on February 22, 2006, 09:47:11 AM

Anyone know what version of the 109 this is? And yes, its a production series version that saw combat in numbers.

Im headed out to work and won't be back until Saturday morning, but hopefully somone can get it by then. :)

(http://grupul7vanatoare.homestead.com/q70zs.jpg)
(http://grupul7vanatoare.homestead.com/nr1061rv.jpg)
(http://grupul7vanatoare.homestead.com/nr1085fo.jpg)
(http://grupul7vanatoare.homestead.com/nr3342ob.jpg)
(http://grupul7vanatoare.homestead.com/bf109nr334copy4su.jpg)

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Airscrew on February 22, 2006, 10:12:28 AM

I'd guess a 109G or K

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Furball on February 22, 2006, 10:30:25 AM

Gotta be a G series with those bulges.. the bulges look longer than usual though...

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: rogerdee on February 22, 2006, 01:41:53 PM

i think its  a 109g10 the bulges look to big  for a  6 although i know Romania had  a lot of g2 and g6s

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: butch2k on February 22, 2006, 02:00:33 PM

It's one of the sixty Brasov built Bf 109Ga-6 showing clearly the so called "Brasov's bulges".

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: JAWS2003 on February 22, 2006, 09:02:43 PM

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Originally posted by butch2k
It's one of the sixty Brasov built Bf 109Ga-6 showing clearly the so called "Brasov's bulges".

Wow. :eek:  Is there anything about WW2 you don't know?:D :aok

I knew they made G-6's at IAR-Brasov but I never knew they were diffren in any way.

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Treize69 on February 25, 2006, 02:39:23 AM

Yup, the only difference was the gun bulges. The tail and canopy were identical to the early production G6s. Other than the bulges, the only way to tell the difference is usually the paintjob. A really high demarcation line and the squiggly paintjob shown above are usually good indications that the aircraft is a Ga6.

My records show that 150+ 109s were built at Brasov, but that may include the locally built G2s as well as the Ga6s. They were operated until around 1950-51 when all remaining WWII era aircraft were replaced by post-war Las, Yaks and MiGs.

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Treize69 on March 03, 2006, 03:04:21 AM

Heres a cleaner shot and a profile to show the different blisters a bit better.

(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5425/nr5hv.jpg)
(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7199/bf109g6no3389kh.jpg)

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 03, 2006, 05:17:19 PM

But note how those bulges are more off to the SIDE of the aircraft and not obstructing the pilots view

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Platano on March 10, 2006, 02:42:55 PM

what was that thing on the left hand side of the plane in front of the fusealage...its like a somthing sticking out and it was only on the left hand side of the plane.

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Treize69 on March 10, 2006, 02:47:00 PM

Supercharger intake. All 109s had 'em.

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Debonair on March 10, 2006, 11:44:07 PM

Avia S-199 had it on the starboard side.
arrr

Title: 109 ID pop quiz :)
Post by: Treize69 on March 11, 2006, 12:51:08 AM

hehe, non-DB engined airframes dont count. :p