Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Erla Haube 8.JG1.zip 2024-04-30

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Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 Erla Haube by Design Team Daedalus

Unit: 8./JG1, Detmold, February 1944
Pilot: unknown

In late summer of 1943 two improvements were made to improve all around pilot vision which was restricted by the standard Bf109 canopy and all metal head armor.

The Erla Haube canopy was introduced at the end of 1943 which eliminated to heavy canopy framing and improved the pilots vision in all direction. Many in-service Bf109-G's were retrofitted in the field, but the...

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