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German crew cleaning the 20mm cannon of a Bf 109 fighter, Russia, early 1942

Caption     German crew cleaning the 20mm cannon of a Bf 109 fighter, Russia, early 1942 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101I-395-1533-06A
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Bf 109   Main article  Photos  
20 mm MG-FF Oerlikon   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 800 x 572 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
28 Aug 2010 02:20:40 PM

KEEP THOSE WEAPONS CLEAN!

The ground crew had to maintain the weapons,
as well as engine performance.
Boresighting and adjustment was always needed
due to vibration from the firing and the
engine itself.
The machine guns mounted on the upper
fuselage with their synchronization gear
needed to be serviced as well.

The propeller pitch mechanism as well as all
necessary components were serviced daily
the survival of the pilots depended upon it.

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