Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to serve for over eight years with the Luftwaffe. Additional variants were produced abroad totalling in 34,852 Bf 109s built.

GM-1, or Goering Mixture-1, was a nitrous oxide injection system which was used to boost the high altitude performance of a late and uncommon model of the previous aircraft, the Bf 109E-7NZ.

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a monoplane fighter aircraft that was designed and initially produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW). Together with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the Bf 109 formed the backbone of the …

Jan 20, 2022 · Different engine optimized for high altitude performance. Optically they have the streamlined cowling of the G10/K4 instead of the bulges of the G6/G14. For your interest: BF 109 G-5/AS with 3230kg is in good agreement of roughly ~3200kg.

Early in 1944, new engines with larger superchargers for improved high-altitude performance (DB 605AS), or with MW-50 water injection for improved low/medium-altitude performance (DB 605AM), or these two features combined (DB 605ASM) were introduced into the Bf 109 G-6.

The G-5 with a pressurized cockpit was identical to the G-6. A total of 475 examples were built between May 1943 and August 1944. The G-5/AS was equipped with a DB 605AS engine for high-altitude missions.

Dec 19, 2013 · The Messerschmitt Bf 109G “Gustav” series was the true workhorse of the Luftwaffe’s Day Fighter Units, with over 10,000 being produced in the basic variants. Every day fighter unit and eight foreign countries used the 109G through the end of the war.

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Jul 20, 2009 · Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike's {Messerschmitt Bf 109 F, G & K Series - An Illustrated Study} shows a line drawing of a G-5 from production batches 26000, 27000 & 110000 with the DF Loop.

Jun 30, 2017 · All three Bf 109 were shot down by P-47. A footnote in the Prien books: According to the log books of Heinrich Sannemann and Helmut Lemke the II./JG 3 started in Volkel (Alarmstart) at 1410 hrs.