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Old 26th April 2006, 22:37
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Re: Bf 109 massacre of 24 March 1945 (359th FG)

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Originally Posted by George Hopp
That means nothing. The 109K had problems in retracting its tailwheel, so in many cases they were just locked down.
Interesting, I didn't know.
Wouldn't we see wheeldoors then I wonder now? Or I guess at this resolution it's impossible to tell. It still appears a bit like a short G-10 tailwheel though. Perhaps this plane wasn't shot down (JG 27 used the G-10 too, I believe, though in very limited numbers).
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