MESSERSCHMITT Bf109 G-10 - 1945

Description

One of the greatest fighters of all time designed by Willi Messerschmitt the Bf 109 was in continuous production from 1936 to 1945 the over 33000 produced ( the exact number is unknown) represented nearly 2/3rds of Germanys entire output of single seat fighters making it the most mass produced fighter aircraft ever. It first saw action in the Spanish Civil War and was unquestionably the worlds best fighter until bettered by the Spitfire in 1940. Referred to as the "bastard aircraft of the Erla factory" in the Luftwaffe’s Aircraft Variants Book of December 1944,[85] the G-10 was a Bf 109 G airframe combined with the new DB 605 D-2 engine,[Notes 3] created to maintain production levels with minimal disruption of the assembly lines until production of K-series airframes would reach sufficient levels. Despite what the designation would suggest, it appeared in service after the G-14 in November 1944, largely replacing previous G-series aircraft on the production lines of Erla, WNF and Messerschmitt Regensburg factories. Contrary to popular belief the G-10 were not rebuilt older airframes but new production. Early production G-10 may have had two data plates (usually with G-14 stamped onto it) as these airframes were originally intended to be used for G-14 assembly but were diverted to G-10 assembly. Here, under Croatian service at the end of the war. (Scale : 1/72e)