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According to all sources 7./JG53 flew the Bf109G6 when they were stationed at Comiso Sicily. I know there is some doubt whether they flew the G6/R6 Trop version or not but on none of the pictures from the aircrafts from this staffel I have seen gunpods.
However when I look at this picture ==> http://www.messerschmitt-bf109.de/displ ... ummer=1113 I clearly see the warning "Beim Schliessen der Kabine auf Vorderteil-Gummirahmen achten". To my knowledge the G6 didn't have a pressurised cockpit and was the rubber strip installed on the aircrafts with pressurised cockpits. So why is this warning painted here?

Thanks for any answer.....

Huub

Just a guess: Since it's a trop version, probably a measurment against dust entering the cockpit?

As I had doubts whether the BF109 on the picture really was a G-6, I have asked the same question to David Weiss from http://www.messerschmitt-bf109.de/ . He is absolutely sure "Seemann", which is the aircraft on the picture, was a G-6. He can identify the type based on the shape of armoured protection behind the pilot. He presumed the text is there because it was standard to put this text on all fuselages.
When I look at the air-filter on "Seemann" on the picture below, I think it was a "normal" G-6 and not the tropical version.

Huub