What is that ? ( Bf 109G-10 )

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CCBlack - 28 Mar 2008 17:03 GMT

I'm not much of an expert at all on German WW II fighters.

In this photo of a model ... I was just curious ... protruding below
the left wing ... and cranked forward. Is that an antenna ?

http://hsfeatures.com/images/bf109g10ss_5.jpg

Those G model 109's were really neat looking.

Chris

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Enzo Matrix - 28 Mar 2008 18:05 GMT

> I'm not much of an expert at all on German WW II fighters.
>
> In this photo of a model ... I was just curious ... protruding below
> the left wing ... and cranked forward. Is that an antenna ?

Indeed it is. It is the antenna for the FuG-16ZY VHF radio. The antenna is
uasually referred to as the Morane mast.

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Pat Flannery - 29 Mar 2008 00:31 GMT

> Indeed it is. It is the antenna for the FuG-16ZY VHF radio. The antenna is
> uasually referred to as the Morane mast.
>

That's the same one sticking out of the top of the Me-163B rocket
fighter, isn't it?

Pat

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CCBlack - 29 Mar 2008 04:48 GMT

> Enzo Matrix wrote:
> Indeed it is. It is the antenna for the FuG-16ZY VHF radio. The antenna is
> uasually referred to as the Morane mast.

Thx guys. Interesting.

Chris

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Bill Shatzer - 28 Mar 2008 20:46 GMT

> I'm not much of an expert at all on German WW II fighters.

> In this photo of a model ... I was just curious ... protruding below
> the left wing ... and cranked forward. Is that an antenna ?

> http://hsfeatures.com/images/bf109g10ss_5.jpg

> Those G model 109's were really neat looking.

It is indeed a whip radio antenna supplementing the radio mast antenna.

This antenna seems to have been introduced sometime in the 109G-14
production run and appears to have been standard on the Bf 109K models.

Cheers,

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