Thread: Bf 109E and self sealing tanks
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Old 10th December 2008, 09:33
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Re: Bf 109E and self sealing tanks
According "Bf 109 Recognition manual" the production of self sealing, semi-rigid fuel tanks for Bf 109 started in 1942, and only some Friedrichs got them. Earlier tanks were made of light alloy covered with rubber layer, giving rather poor protection against leakage.
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