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7th December 2012, 22:58
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Fw 190s with Streamers
Hello jayastout
I am not very qualified to remark on this but I must say that I have never come across mention of Luftwaffe fighters using streamers. I am aware that occasionally commanders such as Boesler, Dobislav, von Kageneck, Ostermann and Schöpfel had a small metal pennant fitted to the radio aerial mast of their Bf 109 fighters but not streamers. Could it be that this observation was the result of battle damage or excessive exhaust caused by the rich fuel-air mixtures that German engines often had to run at due to the large amount of aromatics added to the fuel in order to boost the octane rating? Hopefully some other more knowledgeable individual can respond. Horrido! Leo 
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