Nope, the canopy was not a way to tell E-1 from E-3 from E-4. As it was some E-1s and E-3s were retrofitted with the later canopy while other aircraft which became E-4s when they got the MG FF/M in the wings retained the old canopy. The Emil is unique in the german designation system for it was the only 109 that defined sub-types via the wing armament.
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