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Nope, The Graf Zeppelin was meant to carry the BF-109T version, not the K
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Yup, my mistake, it was indeed the T, ought to know that, I've got enough books on the goddam things
By the way, the engine-mounted cannon noted in your quote was in fact rarely used, even though many 109s were actually capable of mounting it, because they found that the vibration from it was too great, resulting in damage to the engine, something the French already knew from WW1, when they put a cannon in the same place on a few SPADs. Ironically enough, the Americans also found out a disadvantage of putting a big cannon on an aeroplane too when they first tried it on the A-10, with the gas from the gunsmoke ingesting into the engines when it fired and stalling them, turning the early prototype into a glider! Thus forcing them to put a big fairing on it to dissipate the gas.
Still back on topic, there's nothing stopping the B-25 being a 'Navy' candidate either!
Chock