Bf 109 H in service with 5.(F)/123

[Nick Beale]

The recent thread on the Bf 109 H-1 has prompted me to get organised and post what I have on my website.

There are still lots of gaps in the story but I do have:

• The aircraft's Werk Nummer;
• Where it was converted;
• What engine, boost equipment, camera, radio gear and armament it carried;
• An account by someone who claimed to have flown it;
• What happened to it.

[Peter D Evans]

Great stuff Nick... thanks for sharing this with us

Cheers

Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

[Tomislav Haramincic]

Yes, I agree! Simply great!

Thanks,
Tomi

[George Hopp]

After all that testing and work. It's like an elephant giving birth to a peanut.

Wonderful investigative work, Nick!!

With the anti-aircraft people of all nations, the motto appears to be: "If it flies, it dies!" In his book on his Bomber Command experiences, Doug Harvey said that each time a raid was directed to fly over London out-bound on a mission, the AA would fire at the aircraft even though the number of aircraft and their direction should have left no doubt as to who they were.

[Seaplanes]

To Nick: Does your information come from HW5 records at the National Archives at Kew or from the Ultra messages at the same place???

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Seaplanes

To Nick: Does your information come from HW5 records at the National Archives at Kew or from the Ultra messages at the same place???

From HW5/ and from the CSDIC (UK) SRA reports in AIR40/

HW5/ material is ULTRA, it is the the original deciphered material from which the "Main Series of Reports to Allied Commands" in DEFE3/ were compiled. HW5/ often gives far greater detail.

[Mermet]

Hi all,

In the text from Nick Beale, one can read :

"The new aircraft was Werk Nummer 110073 and was fitted with a pressure cabin, a “DB 605-GS engine” (which Thomas H. Hitchcock identifies as an error for BS)"

DB 605 G was the first designation of DB 605 AM. DB 605 GS was in fact a DB 605 ASM

JCM

[Ruy Horta]

JCM,

Interesting information on the engines, thanks for sharing.

Nick,

Nice work as usual. Always regarded the H as a pink elephant.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Mermet

Hi all,

In the text from Nick Beale, one can read :

"The new aircraft was Werk Nummer 110073 and was fitted with a pressure cabin, a “DB 605-GS engine” (which Thomas H. Hitchcock identifies as an error for BS)"

DB 605 G was the first designation of DB 605 AM. DB 605 GS was in fact a DB 605 ASM

JCM

I'm happy to leave this to people who, unlike me, know something about engines! Tom sent me a spec sheet for the GS but I'll include your comments the next time I'm updating the site. Thanks.

[Mermet]

Hi all,

Günther Specht's Bf 109 G-5 AS (with DB 605 ASM and without pressurisation) WNr 110064 was from the same series as the ones depicted by Nick Beale.

JCM