[harrison987]

Sorry Micke D, but your conclusions are very wrong.

All aircraft were constantly upgraded as the years went on. This was standard practice.

Higher ranking officers also had priority on aircraft.

Why in the world in late 1944, would Horst Adameit...Kommodore of JG54...be flying a lower-grade A5, when the later A6 to A8 with better firepower and power plant was already available?

Easy answer...it was an upgraded model.

This specific A5 wreck had armour thickness of an A5, instrumentation and cockpit features of an A5, centerline drop tank and wings of an A5...but had a FuG16ZY, 4x MG151, and 2x MG131, and later props. So certainly an upgraded A5.