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Old 25th May 2015, 12:11
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Re: ME 109 Rheims September 1944

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Originally Posted by the_ivan View Post
If by intake you mean the oil cooler, it looks like indeed a Fo 987. These were designed for AS engines.

What is also interesting is, if it's equipped with a DB 605AS, that it seems to have a VDM 12087 propeller instead of a 12159. But that could be the angle of the blades, too
As for VDM 12087 instead of 12159 on that machine ... This is not surprising since a reco machine is not supposed to make interception at high altitude but to be able to do it fast at low. medium altitude. And the VDM12159 wasn't suited for that.
By the contrary Dahl machine here under wasn't an AS but for sure got MW50 and VDM12159 for high interception ....

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