German aircraft designations - Fundamental issues

[Lennart Andersson]

Originally Posted by Revi16

Another possible reason for these variations is the simple fact that "humans" typed these documents. Every document was typed by a human and each human will type the same information differently whether there is a regulation or not, Bf-109e, Bf-109E, BF-109e, BF-109E, Me-109e, Me-109E, ME-109e, etc.., etc.

You are absolutely right, but, as I mentioned, Bf/BF or Me is not the issue here.

Lennart A

PS: I do not think that I have ever seen an example where a hyphen is used between the manufacturer abbreviation and the type number in a German aircraft designation (but there probably are such examples as well). It is the same in Sweden. SAAB built B 17s, not B-17s.