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The Bf 109W (Wasserflugzeug - Seaplane) was a projekt only and never actually made up during the war.
What was the point of the W model? fighter floatplane in europe? doesnt seem to have much of an advantage to me unless it was intended for operations in norway with its fjords
and with the well known meticulousness of wwii german records of manufacture and information depositories, how is it that no one knows for certain how many H models were produced? even so, uncertain numbers also often have numbered estimates, but the H model is confusing. i havent seen one number, only "limited production" and "small numbers". a small number could be anything. a small number could be anywhere from 1 to 200. especially considering that 12,000 G-6s alone were produced, compared to that, 200 still seems pretty small. even 500 seems relatively small compared to production numbers above 1,000.
I'm not sure if there was any particular reason for that. Just they considered a such equipment for Bf109. Also a such idea was tested with Spitfire.
And why do you think that the Norway with its fjords could be taken into consideration for operations only? You have forgotten that Nazi German took control over The Baltic Sea, The North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea ( to a certain extent of course ) and a part of the Atlantic Ocean . So it would be possible to use the plane in every water reservoir that would be larger than a puddle.
we know of several units that operated the Bf.109H.