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Nick Beale · #1 11th March 2013, 00:08

Excuse my ignorance but how did you conclude that it's a G-8. Is there a feature I should have spotted?

John Beaman · #2 11th March 2013, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Nick Beale

Excuse my ignorance but how did you conclude that it's a G-8. Is there a feature I should have spotted?

If Marc is correct about the start of the WNr as 20xxxxx, then it is a G-8.

Nick Beale · #3 11th March 2013, 19:06

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Originally Posted by John Beaman

If Marc is correct about the start of the WNr as 20xxxxx, then it is a G-8.

That much I do know (although many such were still described as G-6 in German signals) but I couldn't make out a Werk Nummer on the photo and without that or the camera windows I was stuck for clues. The MG 131s seem to be present; had they not been there, it would have been a good pointer to a G-8, many of which had their armament reduced to a single MG 151/20 (e.g. in service with 4. and 5.(F)/123).

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