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Would Bf 109T landing modifications solve its carrier problems?

Later Bf 109 refinements do not establish that the 1940 Bf 109T would have been a reliable carrier fighter.

Question

Did Bf 109T modifications make it suitable for carrier landings?

Short answer

Some later changes addressed known handling faults, but they do not prove that the 1940 aircraft would have been reliable at sea.

Notes

The comment identifies wider wings, spoilers, arresting trials, and later undercarriage geometry changes as evidence that the naval fighter's problems were manageable. The reply accepts those details and returns to chronology: many fixes and much testing occurred later in the war. The later Bf 109G-derived Me 155 and eventual BV 155 also belong to a different development stage. These improvements cannot simply be projected backward onto a Graf Zeppelin entering service in 1940.