Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/U3 V4

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/U3 V4The stepped up Allied bomber offensive against Germany and occupied Europe, forced the Luftwaffe to use the elderly Bf 109G series in a variety roles to try to counter the overwhelming numbers of Allied planes. Though the Fw 190, a more ideal bomber intercepter because of its heavy armament, did not have the altitude performance necessary, nor the numbers to effectively stem the tide, the Bf 109G 6 was launched to take a number of roles for which it

★2 types of roll bars as well as air outlets on side pontoons are included to allow the choice of assembly from the car driven by Mario Andretti or Ronnie Peterson from either the British GP or German GP

originally with the designation Q-2C

Satisfying a Royal Air Force requirement for an effective medium support helicopter

and has taken part in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands

to bombing raids over Tokyo

and from the G-6 were equipped with dual 13mm MG131 machine guns that required the distinctive bulges on either side of the cockpit cowling known as ‘Beule

D to Panther Ausf

★The angular form of the aircraft is captured in style

with a long-barrelled 75mm (2

the M10 Tank Destroyer went on to serve in Italy

with the final units coming out of Rock Island in 1992

flying at low level