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Re: Rare Bf 109 K-4 photos
Hello Marc,
sorry, but both aircraft may not be K-4s.
The a/c at Peenemünde has the deep cooler under its nose, but is lacking the chin-bulges. It also has the DB605 with a large blower as you can see from the the broad fuselage weapon cover. This points towards an Erla built Bf 109 G-10.
The a/c with winter-camo is a Gustav. Look at the place of the FuG 16 loop just ahead of the "4" and "6" of the code. A K-4 should have the socket on the spine just in front of the Balkenkreuz. A long tail-wheel-strut is quite common on earlier type Gs at training units, as it made landing and starts much easier. On 15.06.44 the change of the tail-wheel on a/c at the training-units on behalf of special orders from O.b.d.L. was announced.
HTH
Carl
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