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Thank you, Rudi. I am still amazed by some of the elaborate camouflage schemes.

Ed

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The Bf 109 in post #983 looks as if it might be René Darbois' W.Nr. 160756, KT+LL, yellow 4 of I./JG 4. The skyline matches a shot I have of that aircraft.

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And what looks like the skeleton of a Me323 Rudi.

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Originally Posted by Kutscha (Post 250836)

And what looks like the skeleton of a Me323 Rudi.

Or a maybe Me 321?

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#981 The first He111 has a camouflage scheme reminiscent of TG30 when supplying the isolated French Atlantic stongholds in 1945.
Regards
Peter

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Originally Posted by peter.werry (Post 250857)

#981 The first He111 has a camouflage scheme reminiscent of TG30 when supplying the isolated French Atlantic stongholds in 1945.
Regards
Peter

It almost certainly is a TGr. 30 machine — there was another photo of it in James V. Crow's collection. The code fusleage code appears to be +IL (probably S3+IL) but there is a "K" on the rudder.

An S3+IL made a flight to Guernsey on 9/10 December 1944; S3+KL flew to St. Nazaire on 17/18 March 1945. However, all 3./TGr. 30 machines were supposed to go to North Germany when the Allies crossed the Rhine, leaving the other two Staffeln in Bavaria. So this particular plane wound up in the "wrong" place.

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