Question about Bf 110

[cipiamon]

Where has the "Bf 110 C werknr" the fuel tank?
I am trying to reconstruct the crash of Marin Ghica (1 august 1943 Bolintin Vale, hit by a Liberator) and i heard he was burned on his heands, the cockpit was in flames, but how is that posible?

He jumped whit his para very close to the earth but they found him buned on his body, expecialy the heands.

[C-2]

The 110 had 2 fuel tanks in the wings and a central one in front of the pilot.

[cipiamon]

Thanks!
Must it been the central one that chought fire and burned Marin Ghica

[Florin]

Messerchmidt 110 was a great expectation when it was designed and issued to Luftwaffe. Maybe especially because it was a great expectation, it was then a big dissapointment.

At the eve of the war all major aerial fleets tried twin-engined designs as fighters (the Germans, the Japanese, the Americans, the Britons). The hopes were that these twin engined birds could carry heavier weaponry, and could have longer range.

Then it was obvious for all that the one motor, one plane wing, one pilot plane was the king of the battles, mostly because of its maneuvrability.

[dragos]

I agree, it was the time of light fighters and heavy bombers. Some notable differences: Stuka and British "Mosquito".