 The Bf 109 G-6 "Beule" (boil)—so named for a bulge was moulded into the side of the nose, astern of the engine, forward of the cockpit, to accommodate heavier machine guns and their ammunition belts.The Bf 109 G-6 was slightly ageing at this point in the war; the G-10, G-14 and then the K-4 variants would supplant it later in the year, and before wars end.The majority of German fighter units, with the exception of JG 2 and JG 26, were pulled back into Germany under the command of Luftflotte Reich to reduce their vulnerability and better concentrate them over targets in Germany.