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The Rüstsätze designations were not consistent across models. Rüstsätze 6 (R VI) on the Bf 109G was a pair of underwing gun pods with one MG151/20 in each. R VI on the FW 190 was underwing Wfr. Gr. 21 rocket launchers. That said, this will help you: Bf 109 gun pods

Maybe I can answer some questions. I literally wrote the book on the S-199. :) This is also mine: S-199s Service ceiling: I have no idea. I doubt the Israeli S-199s ever even got to an altitude that required oxygen. The cabin was not pressurized. Frankenstein: Czechoslovakian factories had...

Here's an instructive description that I had to cut from my upcoming book:

It's the not knowing where the blade came from that bothers me. The Israeli Mustangs were chimeric beasts and usually impossible to track down with respect to construction numbers or serial numbers. Being able to say "Hey, they got parts from this place!" is the kind of information I want for...

Here's a closeup of the same photo. It's an Israeli Mustang. Time frame was 1950-1955 and probably 1951-1952. This Mustang came from the US, and most likely incorporated overhauled/refurbished parts. I'm writing a book on the Israeli Mustangs. Every other photo either has the Aeroproducts...

These blades are Aeroproducts A20-156-24M blades. It even says that right on the blade. But that's not the Aeroproducts logo. Any idea what that is? A licensee? Did Aeroproducts use two logos?

This aircraft became 2341 in Israel with radio number 41 painted on its side. Confusingly, the second Mustang in the IDF/AF (D-191 then 2302) at first had radio number 41 painted on it, but this is not that airplane. Can anyone interpret the typewritten lines after the handwritten line that...