Re: Bf109 Neubau 1/44 to 3/45
A beautiful table, Art, thank you very much for taking the time and effort to produce it and share it with the rest of us. Just out of curiosity, what is the sigmificance of the BOLD numbers?
Just a couple of tiny points: You might want to move the G14AS numbers up by one line, because right now you have Erla producing 1270 K2s, when, if memory serves, they produced none. But, Regensburg apparently produced one. It was labelled W.Nr. 300 056 in its Weight and Balance report of 1.2.1944, but was referred to as W.Nr. 60 056 in MttR production reports of both 4.9.1944 and 6.Okt.1944.
And also, this superb table, created, as you say, from primary sources, shows just how inconsistent those primary sources appear to be. For example, the table, if I'm reading it correctly, shows no G14s produced until August '44, and yet the Brits captured one on 22 July 1944.
Was there only ever one Neubau G6AS? Interesting, because Schmoll indicates the following serials of G6AS produced by Regensburg in July 44 alone: 163 430 - 163 435, 163 765 - 163 787, 163 826 - 163 837, and some from the series 163 800 - 163 825. This production of G6ASs appears to have continued through Dec 44.
But, even if the numbers aren't 100%, they still give a good indication of what models of the 109 were produced throughout 1944 and into 1945. So, thank you, again.
Last edited by George Hopp; 12th September 2005 at 08:00.
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