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The Werk Nummer for this aircraft is unknown, however I see no evidence of stiffening struts under the tail plane but this is certainly an F-2
Exactly just said that ...
Thank you, but I did not mean A-E tail plane struts but the stiffening struts applied to the fuselage following a spate of crashes caused by structural failure. I do see these on the image now!Not the struts that were used in the A-E's.
Wow, Steph! This is an awesome list. Thank you! What is the reference?Hello,
List of 109F retrofitted with external stiffeners (From 4.4.41 to 10.10.41)
F-1: 5601 - 5608
F-1 AGO: 12601; 12602; 12605
F-1 Arado: 109.5401-109.5436
F-1 WNF: 6601 - 6771; 6773-6783
F-2: 5611-5616; 5618-5630; 5632-5639; 5641-5645; 5647-5654; 5657-5659; 5661-5665; 5667-5671; 5673-5679; 5681-5683; 5685-5701; 5703-5706; 5708-5714; 5716; 5718-5730; 5734; 5736; 5738; 5743; 5744; 5746-5751; 5753; 5754; 5757; 5763-5765; 5779; 8904
F-2 Erla: 8078-8086; 8088-8106; 8108; 8109; 8111-8114; 8118-8122; 8124; 8125; 8127; 8128; 8133; 8135
F-2 AGO; 12608; 12610; 12614; 12617; 12619; 12621; 12623-12625; 12627; 12630-12635; 12643; 12648; 12652; 12654; 12656; 12658; 12663; 12664; 12667; 12668; 12672; 12674; 12682; 12718; 12723; 12755
F-2 Arado: 109.5438; 109.5439; 109.5441; 109.5443; 109.5444; 109.5456; 109.5458; 109.5459; 109.5462; 109.5463; 109.5466; 109.5467; 109.5469-109.5471; 109.5475; 109.5476; 109.5477; 109.5479; 109.5480; 109.5482; 109.5485; 109.5486; 109.5491; 109.5499; 109.5504-109.5528
F-2 WNF: 6785-6800
F-4 WNF: 6999-7660
F-4 Erla: 8267-8806
Infos from M. Mustafin given on another forumWow, Steph! This is an awesome list. Thank you! What is the reference?
Thank you! You are right. Great photos. Considering what everyone said, I think it is safe to say that Philipp's aircraft was a F-2. We don't have the W.Nr. and the fuel label was painted over. Graf's aircraft has a W.Nr. so know that it was a F-4. Interesting thing, though, was reading about this subject. If it is not wrong information, apparently there were some F-2s even retrofitted with DB 601 Es and MG 151/20s as they become more available which makes them practically F-4s with F-2 W. Nr.s.Actually it is very difficult to state if a particular plane is the F-2 or F-4 variant. The only thing that allows to say which verision we can see, is the triangle with the kind of the fuel applied below the fuel cap at the bottom of the cockpit hood. If there is the C-3 that's the F-2 but if there is the 87 or B4 that's the F-4. Unfortunatelly not always it is possible to find a nice image with the marking seen.
Bf 109F-2
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Bf 109F-4
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the pic source: the Internet