I'm almost certain this has been addressed somewhere already, so just direct me there and I'll shut up. :) But before that:
During the Second World War the Luftwaffe had personalized markings at the Jagdgeschwader-, Gruppe- and Staffel-level. Like the JG 54's Grünherz (Green Heart), JG 53's...
I have to go with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (F,G,K)
The Gustav and Kurfürst models are the best. Friedrichs are okay, but I like the beefier look of the DB 605 machines. I feel that logically I should hold the K-4 over the Gustavs, since it's the most aerodynamically pleasing model (for the same...
Thank you stona! That Bf 109 has exactly the type of canopy I was trying to describe. It has the two structural bars common to Erla canopies, so it's not an S-199. I wonder what they were trying to achieve with the larger canopy.
Regards,
Joonas
I found two very interesting pictures of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-prototype taken inside the Austrian Wiener Neustadt factory in a book named in Finnish "Luftwaffen koekoneet - Saksan ilmavoimien salaiset suunnitelmat ja prototyypit" (ISBN 952-5186-69-5) which has been translated from the...