[dgk196]

Does anyone have any 'drawings' of this aircraft?

Adolf Galland's 'personal' Bf 109 F-2; W.Nr. 6750 is noteworthy because of its modifications.

I have a 'sequence' of photographs taken of his plane on Friday, December 5th, 1941, during an 'inspection' visit of Jg 26, at Audembert, France, by Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring.

It seems that Galland was convinced that the Bf 109F was fitted with insufficient armament and he ordered that his 'personal machine' be modified accordingly. The 'cowl' MG17's were replaced by larger MG 131's and two wing-mounted MG FF's were installed.

The aerodynamic 'blisters' about the cowling were more refined than those later found on the Gustav series for the same weapons installation. Where the Gustav look like hemispheres, Galland's looked like an 'American football' cut in half along its length, and was only big enough to allow clearance for the MG 131 mechanical clearances.

Additionally, the aircraft had 'non-standard' circular wheel wells to clear the cannon installation.

Some other points......

Apparently, this aircraft was fitted with an up-rated DB-605N which required fuel of a higher octane than the DB 601E. The 'octane triangle' on the aircraft reads '100'!

Oh, one last very important modification, after all rank has its privileges, is the addition of a dash-mounted cigar lighter (for all you 'cockpit' modders)!

Any help would be appreciated.

Dennis 8)

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Oh, one last very important modification, after all rank has its privileges, is the addition of a dash-mounted cigar lighter (for all you 'cockpit' modders)!

And ashtray :roll: :wink:

[dgk196]

No, I couldn't find anything that looked like an 'ashtray'!

I guess when you are a 'general' such things are unimportant, especially in the middle of a dogfight!

Dennis :wink:

[JudgeMingus]

I can't help with the other features, but round wheel wells were found here and there throughout the F series - they were originally intended to help with the overall aerodynamic cleanup that took place at that point in the development.
Not all of the factories changed to them though, and they were dropped out of the later series as extra work with minimal benefit.

[dgk196]

Ah, one more piece of the puzzle solved.........

Thank you very much sir!

Dennis

[zulu64]

[dgk196]

One more piece in place, and another thank you......

Is there a 'site' address for this information, so that it can be added to the ac projects list?

Now if I can just figure out the location of that cigar lighter!

Dennis :o

[zulu64]

Its from a Squadron Signal book.

[Slow]

One more piece in place, and another thank you......

Is there a 'site' address for this information, so that it can be added to the ac projects list?

Now if I can just figure out the location of that cigar lighter!

Dennis :o

Ashtray.