Messerschmitt Bf 109G and Bf 109E

Messerschmitt Bf 109G and Bf 109E

Photo 1 is a port side view of a Bf 109G on the ground.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a Bf 109E on the ground.

Two b/w photographs on an album page

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Messerschmitt Bf 109G.
The Bf 109G entered service in the summer of 1942, first with German fighter units based in North-West Europe, & then with groups serving in all other German theatres as it became the most widely produced 109 variant. The mark remained in use up to the end of the Second World War. 23500 were produced by five manufacturers. Used by the following air forces as well as the German, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia & Switzerland.

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Messerschmitt 109 Bf E.
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