Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Hi Ed,
Thanks for the interesting photos!

Some comments:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120210550692

Apparently a Fi 156 from Kurierstaffel Finnland (Or Norwegen?)

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120211016422

Page 59 in “JG 26 Photographic History of the Luftwaffe’s Top Guns” by Caldwell, Airlife, 1994, has a photo showing this Bf 109.
Captured as Priller’s Bf 109 F-2 taken in St. Omer Arques on 25 November. That picture is sourced from the Bundesarchiv, which is not surprising as there is a PK photographer with a movie camera in front of the aircraft which is partly hidden as well as the photo is cropped in front of the cockpit.
I assume there are other pictures from this very day and aircraft?

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A Hs 126 with an emblem which according to Ketley and Rolfe “Luftwaffe Embleme 1939-1945”, emblem #680 might perhaps be from Aufkl.Gr. 41 or a (H) Staffel.

Anyone who knows more about this? Emblem has an oak leaf in white outline above two service rank symbols on a shield.

The emblem seems to be also on this aircraft photographed in France 1941 according to the seller:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320207642385

There is a series of photos from a reconnaissance unit at the seller’s site. One Hs 126 with the same emblem might have “5K+xx” code (if it is not “SK+xx”) which might lead the thoughts towards a unit affiliated with KG 3. Taken in Russia in 1942 according to the seller.

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A He 111 from what looks like Norway. Unit emblem partly visible on one photo but I have not found a match yet. Victory markings indicating four sunken/damaged ships.

A flugbuch for sale from same seller might connect to these photos:
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Attacks on ships described, tonnage etc. Seller claim the pilot was from "JG 26" but aircraft types and missions rather matches a KG 26 pilot which in turn is also more in line with the He 111 pictures which I believe are from the same collection.

There are also other photos from same album sold. One aircraft might carry F8+xx and relate to KG 40:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200192633954

Cheers
Goran