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Re: White spiral on black, or black green, painted spinner
Hello!
For what it is worth.
August 2nd, 1944 Finnish Air Force received Bf 109 G-6, WNr. 166118, CR+RN, which became MT-492. A photo shows it with white spiral on spinner. As far as I know MT-492 was the only one with spiral in Finland during wartime.
WNr 166118 may have been intended for LFl 4? I think MT-492 was collected from Luftpark and not from factory, so it may have had other destination intended originally.
MT-492 had radio (FuG 16 Zy) fitted which also points to Luftpark pick-up. Those directly from factory did not have radio, because Luftparks were to equip planes to operational condition? Majority of FinnAF Bf 109 G-6 arrived to Finland without radio!
Was the 1/3 white sector factor painted on spinner? Making any spiral a factory paint scheme modification?
Cheers,
Kari
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