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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: oakranger on May 25, 2009, 01:26:54 AM
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Look at the belly of the 109. what is that?
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp20/skbluestem/Mystery_0001_small1.jpg?t=1243232675)
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Its Manbearpig!
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cropduster?
tie-fighter prototype?
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It looks like a Bf-109T to me. Maybe whatever is on the belly is some Kriegsmarine equipment.
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Yes! Nice observation, Shifty.
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It looks like a Bf-109T to me. Maybe whatever is on the belly is some Kriegsmarine equipment.
Looks like your eye's work pretty well after all..
:lol
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Can any of you distinguish what is on the belly from that photo? I cannot.
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Looks like your eye's work pretty well after all..
:lol
This was one of the first threads I read today. It's been a couple of hours now I might mistake it for a P-40. :D
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Looks like it could just be carrier equipment or something. I can't see that in any other photo I've found of the Bf 109T.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2209842247_ea338a43cc.jpg?v=0)
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Skid plate for when it inevitably will be shot down. Allies like it... means more lawn furniture.
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It's probably a 109 that has docking apparatus for a zeppelin or a flying bomb.
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Could it be a recon camera? field installed maybe?
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It's really hard to make out any detail, I did find this from the following website though. Not sure this is the answer but it was the best I could come up with. The quoted text below is from this website :http://wikipedia.ketsujin.com/index.php/Messerschmitt_Bf-109#Bf-109T (http://wikipedia.ketsujin.com/index.php/Messerschmitt_Bf-109#Bf-109T).
"Almost a year after production of the T-1 was halted, the airframes were converted for use on small airfields in Norway by removing the catapult and arrestor gear and installing a fuselage rack to allow four 50 kg bombs, one 250 kg bomb or a 300 liter drop tank to be carried."
Also, if you can find this book: "Sea Eagles: The Messerschmitt BF109t" by Francis L. Marshall, which is out of print, there is a lot more info on this 109 variant. The text below describes the book.
"The story of the Bf 109T forms a vital piece of the jigsaw that represents the history of the Messerschmitt's famous fighter. It is also an interesting story. Starting with tests for the intended role of a carrier borne fighter, a role which it never fulfilled, the type went on to see two operational periods. Its first engagement was in Norway in 1941, but the 'Toni' was still operational three years later in the Deutche Bucht. How this 1941 period sub type was still in the front line in the summer of 1944 is fully described. The text and photographic collection is the result of dedicated work on the part of the author and a great deal of co-operation from wartime aircrew and their families. Besides the accounts of the Luftwaffe pilots who flew the type there are the stories of the RAF Coastal Command and American 8th Air Force crews, thus allowing the account to be presented in a balanced manner."
rkanjl
(Archangel)
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Kjetil Aakra's profile of the plane:
(http://www.museumsnett.no/midttromsmuseum/forskningssider/norspider/Profiler%20og%20lignende/Bf109Ttestanlage.jpg)
From this thread: http://wwiiairwaroverthenorth.yuku.com/topic/1116/t/BF-109T-with-testanlage-1943-44.html (http://wwiiairwaroverthenorth.yuku.com/topic/1116/t/BF-109T-with-testanlage-1943-44.html)