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Not technically speaking a captured plane: this is Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 18 834 "SO+XG" after a high speed crash landing whilst flown by Oblt Alfons Schertl, II./JG 51, at Craiova, Romania, 23 April 1944. Oblt Schertl was wounded in the process.

Cheers
Marc

Stig Jarlevik

12th November 2021 14:29

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A better photo appears in his book 'The Last Battle' where it looks like the unit code is black 2

He was lucky to survive that crash even if it cost him both his legs.

B Rgds
Stig

Col Bruggy

12th November 2021 15:27

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Originally Posted by Merlin (Post 312341)

Stig,

it's an aircraft with 9W+BO from 6./NJG101.

Hello,

Re: 9W+BO. Take a look here and you will catch fleeting glimpses of this aircraft at Fritzlar, 1945, including a close-up of the scoreboard - in colour! https:www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXDLrlkelc

Col.

leonventer

12th November 2021 22:51

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Hi Stig,

Schertl suffered a skull injury and/or a severe concussion in this 109G-6 crash, but no injuries to his legs. He eventually recovered but the injury rendered him unfit for altitude flying, so he was later transferred to SG 4 where he flew ground-support missions in a Fw 190.

He was shot down on and captured while attacking a Czech railway station on 23 April 1945. It was during this incident that he lost both his legs. In "The Last Battle", he gives the impression that his leg injuries were caused by the flak hit that forced him to crash-land.

Leon Venter

Stig Jarlevik

13th November 2021 00:23

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Thanks Leon

It was a long time since I read the book....

Cheers
Stig

leonventer

13th November 2021 03:14

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Hi Stig,

You're welcome.

>It was a long time since I read the book....

Me too. Thanks for mentioning that the photo appears in the book -- you made me pull it off the shelf and reread the sections about these two incidents in 1944 and 1945.

Best regards,
Leon Venter

Snautzer

13th November 2021 13:19

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Originally Posted by Marc-André Haldimann (Post 312466)

from ebay action as above

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attach...45-png.648042/

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