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Old 15th October 2016, 02:24
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Re: Odd Bf 109 G-10 found.
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Originally Posted by Rasmussen View Post
This is not correct ... at least regarding Erla. The G-10 with DB 605AS from Erla got their engines in the factory in Leipzig (with an very high probability - 99 % I would say). Erla delivered an small number of G-14/AS but the delivery was stopped before the batch was completed. So they had some DB 605AS "in Reserve"... this is the solution for Erla "G-10/AS" ...
The Erla-Leipzig archives are complete and we found no G-10/AS delivered to the Luftwaffe. 123 Bf 109 G-14/AS were produced among G-14s in the WNr batches 460330 to 460670 (50) and 461100 to 461999 (73). Maybe some G-10s had a DB 605 AS engine but they were officially designated G-10, not G-10/AS.

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