BF 109 G10-R6?
 

was there such an aircraft?

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Yes, several hundred were built by Erla beginning in late 1944.

Best Regards,

Artie Bob

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

From November 1944 to April 1945 it were 994 G-10/R6.

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Rasmussen

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

thanks guys. would you know if they had the tall tails or short?

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Could you please indicate an example of G-10 with "short" tail...?

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

i thought the tall and short tails were used up till the G14?

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Hi,

In this case, R6 was the PKS 12 and those G-10/R6 were all weather fighters.

JCM

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

The G-14 had the "tall and short" tail. The G-10 didn´t.The G-10 cames
later then the G-14.

Eduardo.

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

On the G-14, yes, on the G-10, no.

The G-14 was like the continuation of the G-6 (a late G-6 and an early G-14 being almost indistinguishable, apart from the Werke Nummer), whereas the G-10 was a somewhat later and more advanced version, much more close to the K-4 than to the G-14... (even if this is a very rough definition, there being so many nuances with the late Bf 109s...)

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

thanks guys. i did forget about the G-10 being later than the G-14.:o

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

As I recall, the 109 G-6/R2 was identical to the early G-14. And the first G-14s appeared in the midst of G-6 production serials.

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

G-6/R2 : was not a recce version of the Bf 109 G-6 ?

Jicéhem

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Hi,

G-10s built by WNF had short-legged tail wheels.
They had too, the large wing bumps due to the larger main wheels.
WNr in the 610xxx to 613xxx range and 770xxx range for G-10/R2s (recce version).

Jicéhem

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Hi,

G-10s built by Messerschmitt (WNr in the 130xxx range, only 135 built) and by Erla-Leipzig has long-legged tailwheels.

Jicéhem

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Thanks for the info M. Mermet, but we were originally speaking (albeit in a very simplified way) of the tail unit, i.e tail+rudder... the tailwheel was not part of the starting equation, rather another variable.

Also, speaking of the G-10s built by Erla-Leipzig, many of them - especially of the earlier batches - had the short-legged tailwheel (there is plenty of photographic evidence, especially of those delivered to the Italian ANR units)

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

You're right, Jicéhem. Sorry about that.

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

The only one G-10 with short tail (i.e. tail unit of G-14) was found in Neubiberg (see Prien and Rodeicke or Japo for yellow 11)

Re: BF 109 G10-R6?
 

Hi,

I'm stupid ! Sorry...

Jicéhem