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Looks to be a Bf 109 F-2. Looking at the condition and Weather, maybe as early as early Summer 1941. Possibly the distinctive cammo is...

Seeing as how the U.S. isn't in a shooting war, I imagine a lot of expensive stealth coating maintenance might be postponed on some...

In the E model catalog, go to Standard Parts and on the first page.... The barrel is an AN155 and the forks are AN161's. The only place...

Hi, Post #2934, I think the top photo of 10+ is an early Bf 109 G-6. I can see the smooth split-rim wheel, the MG 131 bulges on the top...

Great shots! Mossie gets my fav vote. Eng

I know this subject has come up in the past over various topics, but sometimes you have to just stop and say "what the...?" This day...

Yes, I took that pic to be the 1820 but it should be the P&W R-1830. So that takes us back to the parent aircraft, which is more likely...

You guys are really amazing. These Forensic Files of Flight are fabulous. 'Fo real!

Yes, That looks to be the distributor/points cam from an American Bosch SB9RU Magneto that could be from a Pratt and Whitney R-1830 on a...

Interesting shot of a Bf 109 D bad landing. Even though the prop blade is bent back and partly in the way, you can see this aircraft...

NC+EB Bf 109D-1 Jagdfliegerschule Werneuchen...

Looks to be an F2 with DB 601 N motor. An interesting photo, with the leather-booted guy looking to be making a bit of a point to the...

JG54 maintenance https://www.ebay.de/itm/285784707666?itmmeta=01HT7K7SW873R3PG3VY6GKWRA5&hash=item428a189252:g:5-cAAOSwRJxmAy97

The big DB engines were held back by several points. They had to use some inferior materials due to shortages. Steels suffered and...

All of this is most interesting. In the late 1950s &60s when my interest drifted to big car engines, I read as much as I could about...