Tuesday 12 June 2018

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C/D coded 'A5+..' of the Stabstaffel./St.G.1 - ebay photo find #252

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C/D coded 'A5+..' of the Stabstaffel./St.G.1

If in doubt whether an aircraft is a C or a D, look at its fuselage and tail. D aircraft had a longer tail with a dinghy inside (and many times it is possible to see a thin release cable channel running along the fuselage up to it on the port side.

If you can't see the tail or the fuselage, then take a look under its wings. If there is a drop tank or connections for one, again it is D. Both details can be spotted in the decorated aircraft, so it is most probably a D.

Note that the aircraft has a letter G on its nose ? I do not know how many Bf110 Staffeln operated with St. G. 1 but this would make it A5 + GB ... ( ? )

Note what appears to be a rearward-firing MG in the lower image beneath the Balkenkreuz.   

thanks to Fernando and Stephen for additional text commentary








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