A document named "obmed" (that I'm attaching for quick reference), circulating from years on the Internet, but whose source is unknown, states that the F-2 sub-variant of the Bf 109 virtually did not participated to African campaign (apart some F-2/B given to JG 3), and all "F" models were of the F-4 sub-type.
This looks to me in contradiction with photographical evidence, like in the following examples:
Moreover, a clear reference to the F-2/Trop sub-variant is made in history of the JG 27 on Wiki:
"In settembre [1941], il I./JG 27 fu raggiunto dal II./JG 27, al comando di Wolfgang Lippert, che sul fronte orientale aveva ottenuto 43 vittorie in tre settimane. L'arrivo del II./JG 27, equipaggiato coi nuovi Bf 109F-2/Trop, versione specializzata per le condizioni operative africane, consentì al I./JG 27 di tornare in Germania, uno Staffel (squadriglia) alla volta, per scambiare i vecchi Bf 109E Emils coi nuovi Bf 109 Friedrichs. L'intero processo richiese ben più di un mese. Con l'arrivo dalla Russia del III./JG 27, alla fine di ottobre, entro dicembre l'intero JG 27 fu nel Nord Africa."
"In September [1941], the I./JG 27 was joined by II./JG 27, under the command of Wolfgang Lippert, who on the front Oriental had won 43 victories in three weeks. The arrival of the II / JG 27, equipped with the new Bf 109F-2 / Trop, a specialized version for African operating conditions, allowed I./JG 27 to return to Germany, one Staffel (squadron) at a time, to exchange the old Bf 109E Emils with the new Bf 109 Friedrichs. The whole process took well over a month. With the arrival from Russia of the III./JG 27, at the end of October, within December the entire JG 27 was in North Africa. "
I would like very much to be helped to understand how things went really, and especially what kind of machines operated with JG 27 during first half of 1942.
This looks to me in contradiction with photographical evidence, like in the following examples:
Moreover, a clear reference to the F-2/Trop sub-variant is made in history of the JG 27 on Wiki:
"In settembre [1941], il I./JG 27 fu raggiunto dal II./JG 27, al comando di Wolfgang Lippert, che sul fronte orientale aveva ottenuto 43 vittorie in tre settimane. L'arrivo del II./JG 27, equipaggiato coi nuovi Bf 109F-2/Trop, versione specializzata per le condizioni operative africane, consentì al I./JG 27 di tornare in Germania, uno Staffel (squadriglia) alla volta, per scambiare i vecchi Bf 109E Emils coi nuovi Bf 109 Friedrichs. L'intero processo richiese ben più di un mese. Con l'arrivo dalla Russia del III./JG 27, alla fine di ottobre, entro dicembre l'intero JG 27 fu nel Nord Africa."
"In September [1941], the I./JG 27 was joined by II./JG 27, under the command of Wolfgang Lippert, who on the front Oriental had won 43 victories in three weeks. The arrival of the II / JG 27, equipped with the new Bf 109F-2 / Trop, a specialized version for African operating conditions, allowed I./JG 27 to return to Germany, one Staffel (squadron) at a time, to exchange the old Bf 109E Emils with the new Bf 109 Friedrichs. The whole process took well over a month. With the arrival from Russia of the III./JG 27, at the end of October, within December the entire JG 27 was in North Africa. "
I would like very much to be helped to understand how things went really, and especially what kind of machines operated with JG 27 during first half of 1942.
