[Charles Bavarois]

Hello Guys,

this it is:

Crashed enemy aircraft report #261, dated 1. Jan. 1945.

Some quotes:
Bf109G14 serial 463224,
“camo dull greyish blue, undersides mottled pale blue.”
“Markings: yellow equilateral triangle – Balkenkreuz. The triangle was two feet along its base and was very roughly painted.”
“Engine DB 605 A-1, serial 0206451, 1 x MG 151 and 2 x MG 131.”
“No power boosting system was fitted, but a switch in the cockpit was wired up for MW50. The boost gauge had red lines painted on the outside of the glass for 1.3 ata, 1.4 ata and 1.7 ata. The line opposite 1.4 was marked “without MW 50”. Opposite 1.7 the line was marked “with MW 50”.

I can add this: The Erla-built aircraft had its BAL-Abnahme on 5. Nov 1944. Its Werknummer is within a large batch of aircraft, for which I only have reports from training-units and a very few from the end of the war with JG5 (Werknummern are all within 463181 to 463248). They presumably all were never equipped with MW 50 and were delivered directly to training- units (and a few to JG5).

Greetings

Carl