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Old 9th February 2008, 03:48
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Re: Bf109G6 reccon birds

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Hi George
I was under the impression the twin DT was a non-event. Wouldnt the MW50 fit be more or less were the camera would be?
Andy
In the normal fighter, the MW-50 unit was mounted at fuselage segment 2 and would have a capacity of 85 Ltr.; and in the recce aircraft, the camera was mounted in fuselage segment 2 and the MW-50 unit was mounted at fuselage segment 3 and had a capacity of 75 Ltr.

Perhaps you know more about this than I do, Andy, but it seems to me that the 109 would have needed the two drop tanks for missions to distant places like Scapa Flow.

And thanks for the photo and drawing, Melvin.
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