BluBear Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 If you can spot what is bothering me, please can someone explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Bongodriver Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Yeah, something is very screwy about those gun ports, I thought there should only be one of them and it should be where the newer grey part is, which leaves the weathered original gun port a bit of a mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'm pretty sure thats the gun camera port. It would most likely have one of these fitted; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robot-IIa-camera-with-Schneider-Tele-Xenar-3-8-7-5cm-lens-/281697868286?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item41968059fe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted May 24, 2015 2. Administrators Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Following a discussion on TS last night, it appears that it's a blast tube for the cannon usually protected by a canvas patch which is ripped off when the gun fires (bit like the covers over the guns on spits and hurries) - The restored wing on the other side of the aircraft has the patch over the inboard hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Canopy say's it's an early E model. E-3 most likely? I don't know enough about 109s to find any other obvious indicators elsewhere from that picture. Anyone have specifics to narrow down the model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 It's Duxford's E3; crash landed in a field in Sussex, September 1940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Got it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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