1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109 T w/Resin & PE parts Hasegawa

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109 T w/Resin & PE parts Hasegawa (image 1/1)
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 T Manufacturer: Hasegawa Kit #: 09326 SPECIAL VERSION Scale: 1/48 Type: Airplane Model Condition: new, complete, unbuilt, sprues untouched, decals & instructions included, kit includes RESIN and Photo Etched (PE) detail parts. In the fall of 1938 German State Ministry of Aviation requested that Messerschmitt’s design bureau draw up plans for a carrier-borne version of the Bf 109E fighter, to be designated Bf 109T. By June 1941 70 machines were completed. One T-1 was sent to E-Stelle See in Travemünde for evaluation and six more were reserved for further testing. The remaining 63 T-2s were then ferried to Norway via Denmark and served in I/JG 77 and JGr Trondheim where their short take-off and landing characteristics made them ideally suited to that country’s small windswept airstrips. At the end of 1941, when interest in completing Graf Zeppelin revived, the surviving Bf 109 T-2s were withdrawn from front-line service in order to again prepare them for possible carrier duty. Seven T-2s were rebuilt to T-1 standards and handed over to the Kriegsmarine on 19 May 1942. By December, a total of 48 Bf 109 T-2s had been converted back into T-1s. 46 of these were stationed at Pillau in East Prussia and reserved for use aboard the carrier. By February 1943, however, all work on Graf Zeppelin had ceased and the aircraft read more
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