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Example: Your first link showed 177 built Mtt-Reg G-10's, the number is closer to double that ( around 350 NEW units W.Nr. allotted 130 000 - 130 600 source: Prien others). Rasmussen on 12o'clock high has unique insight and information about this subject that us mere mortals cannot access.How many 'much more'? Please note those numbers are for new build (ie from scratch) a/c and does not include the numbers re-manufactured using old airframes.
The Me 109G10, which came in after the Me 109G14 is really an Me 109G14AS
with a few extra Me 109K4 parts (bigger wheels and wing bulges)
Example: Your first link showed 177 built Mtt-Reg G-10's, the number is closer to double that ( around 350 NEW units W.Nr. allotted 130 000 - 130 600 source: Prien others). Rasmussen on 12o'clock high has unique insight and information about this subject that us mere mortals cannot access.
the Me 109G-5/AS, G-6/AS, G-10, K-4's streamlined cowls are refered to as 'Type 100' or 'Type 110' cowls. The 110 being asymetrical. Dunno if Eric Brown said anything specific about the 109 vs the P-51, but Eric Brown, once said the Bf-109's lines always brought the adjective "sinister" to mind. A lot of pilots, both Allied and Axis, have an opinion of the 109. Several Luftwaffe aces (Eric Hartmann included) preferred the 109 over Focke-Wulf's design. One Allied P-47 pilot once commented that "In all the dogfights I was in, I never saw the pilot of a 109 lose control. I saw a lot of Fw-190's spin out, hit trees, or suddenly stall. Never the Messerschmitt." The Luftwaffe pilots I've personally spoken with, Herr Theo Nau (3 kills) Herr Horst Petzschler (26 kills) told me the Me 109 was a "very forgiving airplane to fly". Herr Nau who dogfighted with P-47s said that could not "manuver" with the 109, and Herr Petzschler said the P-51 could not "Dive" with the 109. He also told me that the one time he looked at the Air speed indicator in a dive, it was pinned at 800kph (end of gage).I am considering completion of the GUSTAV in G/AS or G-10 with refined bulges vs earlier unit with MG131 boils.
Ratsel, interesting pics in your gallery. Thanks you for posting the link.
Noted a few of the 109s in Allied 'attire'
Reminded me of the other thread here of planes in Captured Markings...
Are there German comparative flight tests, Eric Brown type, of say P-51B/C or D vs Gustavs?
Not trying to derail my thread here, just on my mind at the moment.