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Originally Posted by Squeelig
Nick, have you read any of the documents (German) concerning replacement of the Bf-109 with the G.56? I wish I had them to scan and post.
Has anyone else seen them?
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I think you mean replacement of the G.55 with the Bf 109 don't you, not the other way around?
This was research that I did with Ferdinando D'Amico and Gabriele Valentini in 1988-1993 (and they had worked on the ANR much earlier than that. I can't remember now what we had on that specific question but I think my friends are more likely to have the relevant material than me.
I remember orders (from September 1944, I think) we found at Freiburg to reconstitute the Italian Gruppi Caccia with Bf 109s. IIRC they didn't mention the G.55, just the Bf 109s. Anyone who has looked through the files of Luftwaffe Führungsstab documents for the months concerned will have seen this material - but they may not have been interested in it.
The Stab JG 77 KTB for 25 July 1944 (also at Freiburg) says:
"From 25 July I./JG77 and I./JG4 are to be withdrawn from operations. The aircraft will be handed over to II./JG77 and II/Ital. Jagdgruppe."