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- The Bf 109 G-5/U2 in the 110 000 range production block had the GM-1
boost system pressure bottles located in the left wing, the access cover
for which was on the lower wing surface (7).
Example: Bf 109G-5/U2/R6, WNr. 27112, Flown by Maj. Walther Dahl,
III. /JG 3, Bad Wörishofen, Germany, December, 1943.
Third Production Variant
This characterizes part of Bf 109 G-5 and Bf 109 G-5/U2 production in block
110 000. These aircraft had Erlahaube canopies and short rudders, and are
often confused with the Bf 109 G-6 or G-14.
These aircraft can be identified by the following:
- Short antenna mast.
- Erlahaube-type canopy, non-pressurized. (10)
- Short rudder.
- Usually equipped with a ZVG 16 direction finder unit with its PR 16 loop antenna
on the spine.
- FuG 16 Z radio.
- Command aircraft, equipped with a FuG 16 ZY radio with its Moranmast whip
antenna mounted under the left wing were designated Bf 109 G-5/Y. (8)
- FuG 25a IFF system.
- REVI C 12 D gunsight.
- REVI 16 B gunsight from the summer of 1944.
- A small bulge covering the Knorr 300/10 compressor on the lower leading edge of the
fairing covering the breech of the right fuselage machine gun.
- A small fuel tank was used for starting the engine, with a filler neck on the right side
of the fuselage spine between fuselage bulkheads 4 and 5.
- The Bf 109 G-5/U2 had a cover on the underside of the left wing for access to the GM-1
boost system pressure bottles located in the wing (7)
- No intake gills for cockpit ventilation under the windscreen. In some cases, probably
on aircraft converted from older airframes, the cockpit ventilation openings may have
been covered with circular caps (9)
- Cockpit ventilation on the left side under the canopy were absent.
- The Bf 109 G-5/U2 had a VDM 9-12159. 10 propeller with wider blades
(as with the Bf 109 G-10).
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