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Old 11th October 2008, 20:00
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Re: Bf 109 H in service with 5.(F)/123

In other threads on the DB 605G you will see that it was simply what was later called the AM. The test results being published in Summer 1943. So, I can see that there were enough internal differences between it and the production DB 605 AM that they probably just kept a few copies around. When the opportunity came to put an engine into a G-5 to create a 109H, they probably just pulled the G off the shelf, stuck a DB 603 G supercharger in it and sent it off to France. Thus the 'GS.'
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