Gustav's Sun Umbrella holders
 

I have a question about these two fairings attached to fuse side in Tropical Gustavs.
There was a particular mounting kit for it, or were factory introduced from a certain batch in a determined Wnr. range?

Could anybody post manual diagrams or drawings?

Regards
Francisco

Re: Gustav's Sun Umbrella holders
 

Hi! Our experience with G-2Trop 10639 is that these umberella mounts are "Trop" specific. Because they are merely screwed-on pieces of shaped wood, they could possibly be fitted to any 109. However, I have not noticed a pic of a obvious "field-mod" Trop, but, it is possible. Sorry, don't know if field-mod Trop "kits" existed as such. Don't forget, "Trop" kit includes lots of other bits and K98 in the the fuselage.
Best wishes, SM

Re: Gustav's Sun Umbrella holders
 

I've seen those mounts on several Bf109G-6's that served in the RVT, a unit that comes to mind is JG1 but I'm sure there are others... If these were aircraft originally intended for the mediterranean, I don't know...

/Anders

Re: Gustav's Sun Umbrella holders
 

Looking for drawings?

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2228/fdfdeu1.th.jpg

Bf 109 in action, part 2, Squadron/Signal Publications.