#2868687 - 09/28/09 10:01 AM
Re: JG27 and it's 109 fictation
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Why change if you don't have to? Switching types means retraining both pilots and groundcrew, which takes time.
Since the Germans used the Bf 109 until the end of the war (because of the poor high altitude performance of the Fw 190A and bottlenecks in engine production) it's only logical that some units flew it for the duration.
There were plans at the end of the war to switch the Luftwaffe fighter force entirely to the Me 262, Ta 152, and Do 335 but they were of course never implemented.
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#2869004 - 09/28/09 07:29 PM
Re: JG27 and it's 109 fictation
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Breaking news: in the Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen for JG27's Stabstaffel there are two Fw 190D listed in December 1944. It seems a lot of squadrons had a mix of 109s and 190s. I guess one reason could be that the 109 (and later Fw 190D) often flew top cover for the 190A, and it was probably easier to organize this within the same squadron.
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#2870602 - 09/30/09 09:01 PM
Re: JG27 and it's 109 fictation
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Is it a coincidence that these happen to be amongst my all time favourite German units of WW2 ? The only exception is the mighty JG26, then again they used 109s in their high altitude and Jabo staffeln up untill pretty late in the war... Cheers Nico
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