[S Sheflin]

RolandF,

I am not certain, but I believe that the darkly colored Bf 109 to which you are referring is the same one I published in color in AIRFOIL #1. Its location, as noted on the sourced USAF color movie, was Frankfurt-Rhein Main. Apparently an Erla-built G-10, this unmarked aircraft featured the square refined cowling return, large wing bumps, a short tail wheel leg, and a Werknummer across its wooden fin and rudder in what I have designated, “Position 3.”

Regarding the shiny metal rectangle below this new K-4’s cockpit, I have documented the positions of Bf 109 factory ID tags in my database, and this one fits in nicely with the vast majority produced by Erla.

Steve Sheflin