Bf 109E-4

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by RT

It seems that some E-4 wore the old canopy, concerning the armament, not sure that before the introduction of the M-geschoss the 2+2 was better than 4 MG17..

Remi

I suspect those 'E-4' with the old canopy are in many cases E-3s... the August 1940 strenght reports show large number of E-1s and E-4s and few E-3s around - the only logical conclusion is that many E-3s after getting the MG-FF/M were also 'officially' restamped/designated as E-4s.

Out of curiousity, which version of the DB 601A did the E-4s gets? A-1 or Aa? I believe the E-7s had the Aa as standard.

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Kurfürst

I suspect those 'E-4' with the old canopy are in many cases E-3s... the August 1940 strenght reports show large number of E-1s and E-4s and few E-3s around - the only logical conclusion is that many E-3s after getting the MG-FF/M were also 'officially' restamped/designated as E-4s.

Out of curiousity, which version of the DB 601A did the E-4s gets? A-1 or Aa? I believe the E-7s had the Aa as standard.

Just look at the official Luftwaffe list over aircrafttypes from april 1941!!!!!

Junker

[Pathfinder]

Just a thought, but didn't the E-4 have the nose-cannon removed? I have a reference book here that says so..................I have also read that on the models that did have the nose cannon, they were not successful?

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Pathfinder

Just a thought, but didn't the E-4 have the nose-cannon removed? I have a reference book here that says so..................I have also read that on the models that did have the nose cannon, they were not successful?

No E's had a nose cannon!!!!! Look at the official Lutfwaffe- document above!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Junker

[Pathfinder]

Thanks, Junkers

[newcomer]

Hi to all!

How some specimens of Bf 109 E will be equipped with (sub)variants of engines, armament, canopies... etc. not only depend what proposed by designer than also what available in the moment of production. It is also the same story when wrecked aircraft repaired. That repeated with later variants of Bf 109 even more than previous. So the features pointed out in documents understand only as guidelines but not as absolute truth.

Kind regards

Newcomer

[Falcon]

Originally Posted by Kurfürst

Out of curiousity, which version of the DB 601A did the E-4s gets? A-1 or Aa? I believe the E-7s had the Aa as standard.

In the german wikipedia (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_601) you can read that the "DB 601 Aa" was the export version of the "DB 601 (A-1?)". That can be logical, because the "Bf 109 E-3a" was also an export version. Are other variants of the DB 601 known, like the A-1 and the Aa?