Bf 109G-6

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I carry out a trial flight with a new Bf 109G-6. Not satisfied. Excellent from a flying point of view, but performance!! The Messerschmitts seem to get slower instead of faster. I had already had the [gondola] wing guns removed, otherwise one would not have dared take-off the ground.

 

Lt. Köhler of JG 77 13-Apr-1943 as quoted in A History of the Mediterranean Air War, Volume 3 by Christopher Shores and Giovanni Massimello.