Me 210/Me 410

[CJE]

Hello,

How can you tell externally a Me 210 from a Me 410?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

[Chris Goss]

I have recently written about the 210/410 & can send you a copy if you wish

[Juha]

Hello Chris
IMHO the easiest to notice:
- 410 had longer engines
- In 210 the leading edge sweep was bigger in the outer wings than in the inner wings, in 410 the sweep is constant.
- Early 210s were 92 cm shorter than the late, modified 210s, Hungary built 210 Cs and 410s.

Juha

[CJE]

Thanks for the hints, Juha.
Some perspectives on photographs let me think that it's not so easy.^

Chris

[Chris Goss]

Always helped by the ordnance (or lack of) and bomb bay

[Juha]

Originally Posted by CJE

...Some perspectives on photographs let me think that it's not so easy.^

Chris

Hello Chris
Yes they were very similar, so no surprise that Allied pilots claimed 210s long after they were replaced by 410s.

[sirbob]

As well as the clues already mentioned, I also look at the fuselage from the canopy to the tail ; the Me 410 is higher and an early 210 is much finer. Also the panel around the engine scoop of a 410 is a rectangle shape and the 210 is square.
Unfortunately it is still not easy, and I expect that probably 25% of my Me 210/410 photos are wrongly identified.
The trouble is that production of the Me 410 did not suddenly replace the 210, it evolved through several improvements producing a series of hybrids.