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Example: Bf 109G-6, 2./JG 302,
Götzendorf, Germany, July, 1944Bf 109 Ga-6
An unknown number (probably around 300) li-
cense built Bf 109 Ga-6s were produced in Györ,
Hungary at the Györ Wagon Fabrik. Between May
and September 1943, 13 were produced in a pro-
duction block serialed 16 000 (16 651 to 16 667),
between September 1943 and May 1944 another
131 were produced in a production block in the
95 000 range, and between September, 1943 and
September, 1944, a further 399 Ga -6s in produc-
tion block 760 000 were added. In addition, an
undetermined number of airframes in the 96 000
were made.
The Bf 109 Ga-6 in the 16 000 range correspond-
ed to the equipment of the first production vari-
ant. They had the following characteristics:
• Tall antenna mast.
• Straight armor plating behind the pilot’s head.
• On the right side of the fuselage, there was only
a socket for an external electrical power source and
the access hatch for the compressed oxygen bottle
between fuselage bulkheads 1 and 2.
• All had the short gun troughs for the fuselage weapons.
• The sunshade mounts were lacking on the left side of
the fuselage below the windscreen.
.
Bf 109 Ga-6s from production blocks 95 000,
96 000 and 760 000 were produced over a long
time, corresponding to three different production
variations over differing production spans:
• Early machines corresponded to the first production
variant, had a long antenna mast, but were mostly
equipped with a ZVG 16 direction finding equipment
with a PR 16 loop antenna (Peilrahmen) on the top of
the fuselage.
• Other airframes then corresponded to the second and
third production variants.
• However, they probably did not have the additional
fuel tank used in starting the engine, with a filler neck
on the right side at the top of the fuselage, between
fuselage bulkheads 4 and 5.
.Example: Bf 109Ga-6, W.Nr. 95 417, Lt. Pál Bélavári, 101/3. Vadászszázad, Veszprém, Hungary, August 1944
As part of production block in the 760 000 range,
an unknown number of Bf 109 Ga-14s were pro-
duced in September, 1944. These units corre-
sponded to the those of production block 781 000
from Messerschmitt in terms of their production
variation, armament and equipment. They had an
Erlahaube-type canopy and a small rudder.
In the second part of this article, we will look at
the field modification armament and equipment
sets carrying the ‘R’ designation (Rüstsatz), the
Bf 109 G-6/R2 photoreconnaissance versions,
Bf 109 G-6/R3, Bf 109 G-6/U3, the Bf 109 G-8,
the high-altitude version of the Bf 109 G-5, Bf 109
G-12 trainers and finally, the Bf 109 G-14.
To be continued
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BAUMGARTL, M: Das Jagdflugzeug Messerschmitt Bf 109
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