New pic of a Bf 109 G-6 (in Ainring?), 1945

[George Hopp]

Interesting then; I din't know LW flew with a grenade in their pocket, did they?

No! Usually, the boys left behind to destroy the airfield facilities would blow up what they could and disable what they couldn't. While these a/c may not have actually been blown up by a grenade, they would have been most easily disabled by damaging the cockpit with a small explosive. And, in most cases, the most convenient item available was a grenade.

I mentioned the 109G-6/AS and 109G-14/AS as possibles; but saw the square fairing, which meant an Erla product. But, as has been noted, others know the late 109Gs far better than I do, and so I let them make the call, and am happy they did.