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Re: Nice photo find - German planes captured by British Paratroopers
I can't help but wonder if this mystery Gustav is the same machine illustrated in Green's "Warplanes" in which we see it similarily armed with MK 108s but housed in underwing gondolas? Unfortunately, we lack the complete stkz and werknummer for Green's photo but have to make do with only fragments of the aircraft's stkz. To me, these two letters appear to be PH, RH or RU as these are known prefixes for the G-6.
However, in our mystery Gustav photos, I believe the last two letters besides possibly being EM, LM, EH could also be LH. In checking further, the PH prefix is unlikely since it only shows up on PH+XA to XZ, whereas the prefix RH might work since RH+LH, W.Nr. 15886, was a G-6 from this period and, the same is true for the RU prefix since RU+EH, W.Nr. 162538, was also a G-6 from this same time period.
Unfortunately, my files do not allow further possibilities. Perhaps other readers have more information?
And yes, I do too believe our mystery Gustav was, or was intended, to have wing mounted MK 108s.
Hal
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