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Re: Bf 109 G-6 167295 tail piece
Revi,
I am fully convinced that it is original and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't. The color fits to late war Bf 109, the fabric is red on the backside, everything (including the black number) smells old (i.e. not like new paint) and the size and looks of the black number fits perfectly to the numbers of similar Bf 109.
In addition Steve gave a very good explanation why the first digit is missing. I doubt that if somebody wanted to fake such an item that he would omit the first digit. I am fully confident that it is an original.
Now, hopefully somebody has some information about this airplane. Since it survived the war it is quite likely that somebody had taken a photo of it before the number was removed.
Steve, thank you for your reply. It could have been a visual indicator for the movable surface's position. If it was a marking for a control surface lock I think it would have been split into two parts (on on e.g. the aileron and one on the wing). The "V" looks like a real letter and might have been part of a word. It could be "Vorsicht".
Perhaps one of the 109 experts have seen something like that on another 109.
Regards
Roger
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