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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
Those "G-1 or G-3" are G-2/G-4. It's clear they are the unpressurized variants.
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
Hi there the_ivan,
Point taken; only I don't see any small airscoop under the windshield, the tell-tale feature of all unpressurized G types without "Beulen" (G-2, G-4). This leaves us with the Bf 109 G-1 or G-3, given there are no "Beulen" to be seen... Cheers Marc |
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
Probable STMKz GH+RQ.
CU+PQ in fact Rémi |
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
For the odd P-51B http://www.airwarsk.sk/smith.html
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
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Besides that, the use of these sub-variants was concentrated in a few units of Western Front. It will be extremely rare to find one in a Slovak unit. * even if the pressurization systems has been disconnected/removed (with the installation of a Erla-Haube, for example) |
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
Merci Rémy!
Much appreciated! Do you have by any chance the W.Nr. for this machine? Thanks udf_00 for your precisions; great to know who and where! Cheers Marc |
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
No.6 -> http://www.me109.info/display.php?a=e&fid=763
No.16 -> http://www.me109.info/display.php?a=e&fid=3921 No.33-36 -> it's a G-4 with CU+PQ (Bert's SKZ Database: 13.(slow.)/JG 52 April 1943) The most are very nice and clear photos. It's a nice late Christmas gift. Source is Bundesarchiv?
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
Hallo David,
Thanks for your precisions! Yes, the photos are quite exceptional! The ounce is not given; Bundesarchiv would be an obvious choice, unless the late Rudo Bozik had quite an outstanding camera;-)) Anyway, this Gonzo aviation guy put up some excellent shots from Slowakia. Cheers Marc |
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Re: Rudo Božík - slovak fighter ace in WWII and his Bf 109 G's
An excellent set of photos. Some of these are published elsewhere. I have a few comments;
#1 to 4 The Emils were a mixture of E-2, E-4 and E-7 types. These were purchased by the Slovaks to join the First formation of the Slovak 13 Letka. White 2 is WNr. 2945 Bf 109E-4. These entered combat in autumn 1942. White 2 crashed in May 1943. #5 The Fw189A-2 between two emils is at Piešťany in autumn 1943. The early Gustavs are G-4 types. The colour of the numerical codes is yellow, not white and belong (mainly) to the second formation of the 13 Letka (13.(slow).JG 52) #6 and 15 is at Anapa summer 1943 #7 and 26, 1+- had ‘Marta’ painted below the cockpit. #8 npor Ján Gerthofer 24 victories, standing next to 2+. #9 rtk Ján Režňák (32 victories) and Izidor Kovárik (28 victories) with 10+- G-4/Trop. #14 G-4 6+- WNr. 199330 #16 BH+XL either WNr 19308 or 19368 ? of 4./JG 54. #19 Probably yellow 10+- WNr. 15195. #21 Ladislav Dubay with 8+- in background Anapa 06-1943. #22 11+- Anapa 03-1943. #24 and 39, 40 Izidor Kovárik (28 victories #29, 31 32 33 34, 35, 36, 37 Bf 109G-4/R6 CU+PQ Anapa 04-1943. #41 Ján Režňák, Ján Gerthofer and Izidor Kovárik with 10+- G-4/Trop. #43 Ján Páleníček #45 Ján Páleníček and Vladimir Kriško with 10+- G-4/Trop #47 celebration for František Hanovec after his first victory over a Airacobra 22-07-1943 #52 Avia B-534.IV probably dating from late autumn 1941. To the rear is a Avia MB.200 still with 1939-40 markings. #54 Avia Ba-122, serial no. 122.7, code S1 of Slovak acrobatic school. #37? A scrapeyard with Slovak Letov S.328 to the rear. (sorry if there is some repetition to points made by others, but this took some time to complete) Ian |
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