ME 109g-6 u4 arnaments?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by veltro

Whereas I have often seen "G-6/U4" designations in OOBs, I think it is quite improbable to find any of the Rüstsatzen reported in such documents... after all, do you expect the presence of the R3 (ventral 300l drop tank) to be reported on paper? As yogybär/Jörg already said, the very nature of the Rüstsatze was an on/off modification, which was not meant to be fixed. So, IMHO, it is unlikely that someone bothered to report that presence on papers, unless on a general basis of availability.

Your memories of our 1989 Freiburg trip have faded a little! My notes from RL2 III/881 on the strength of NAG 11 in June, July & August 1944 include Bf 109 G-8/R5, G-6/U2/R3 and Bf 109 G-5/U2/R2. However, all the unit's other aircraft are recorded more conventionally as G-6, G-6/U3, G-8/U3, G-5/U2.

In RL2 III/882 (Aug-Dec 1944) NAG 11 records BF 109 G-6 MW 50, Bf 109 G-6/R-2 MW 50, Bf 109 G-5/R2 MW 50, Bf 109 G-8/R5 MW 50, Bf 109 G-6/U3 MW 50 and Bf 109 G-6/U2/R2.

None of the other units we were looking at gave that much detail. JG 77 recorded a lot of Bf 109 G-6 and Bf 109 G-6/U4 but no Rüstsatz numbers.