Author Topic: 109 ID pop quiz :) (Read 790 times)

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.

Airscrew · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:12:28 AM »

I'd guess a 109G or K

Furball · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:30:25 AM »

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

rogerdee · « **Reply #3 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

butch2k · « **Reply #4 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".

JAWS2003 · « **Reply #5 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.

Is there anything about WW2 you don't know?

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

Treize69 · « **Reply #6 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.

Treize69 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2006, 03:04:21 AM »

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

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #8 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

Platano · « **Reply #9 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.

Treize69 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2006, 02:47:00 PM »

Supercharger intake. All 109s had 'em.

Debonair · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2006, 11:44:07 PM »

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

Treize69 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2006, 12:51:08 AM »

hehe, non-DB engined airframes dont count.