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Originally Posted by VO101_Tom
Yes, there are 100 oct. Spitfires, it's fact. Would be unfair if you can't fly with them. The debate is always with the numbers (iirc the wall of texts  ) but I think this is irrelevant, when it should be decide to exist in the game or not.
The 109's field modifications made impossible to know, how many upgraded aircraft fight in the BOB. Much old version upgraded to E-7 during the battle. I think the principle should the same as the 100 octane fuel. |
On a side note I have the book
Luftwaffe Fighters and Fighter-Bombers Over Norway which includes a section on a Bf 109E-7
W.Nr. 3523 "Red 6" of 5./JG5 which was rescued from a Russian lake in 2003. (pages 61-63)
This was manufactured as an E-1 by Arado and was taken into Luftwaffe service on 27 September 1939; in August 1940 it was converted into an E-7. In mid 1941 it was overhauled and became an E-7/Trop, complete with the RLM 78/79 paint scheme before being shipped to Norway in early 1942 and serving in JG5. On 4 April the cooling system was damaged in combat with a Russian Hurricane IIC from 2 GIAP and Red 6 force landed on a frozen lake - from which it was rescued and still exists,
(The commentary by Brett Green is misleading.)