Seeking info on color profile subjects for III./ZG26 profiles for 09.39, at outbreak of the war
 

Hello,

We're chosen the following subject for our III./ZG6 color profiles for the first month of the war. These would have probably been photographed at Neumünster AF, Germany:

1) Bf109D-1 White 9+I, 7./ZG26

Caption on back of one photos says "Neumünster, Sept., 1939/" This a/c was undergoing an engine change in the two photos that I have. Need name of assigned pilot and W.Nr.

2) Bf109D-1 No Good candidate:

Can anyone suggest a good candidate for this a/c, preferably one with a known pilot and W.Nr., but will accept any photo from Sept, or the fall of 1939? We're already using Red 5+I that FL and overturned in Denmark on 26.10.39 for the 2./JGr126 profile. We know the pilot and W.Nr. Anybody have anything to suggest?

3) Bf109D-1 Y13+I, nicknamed Gigi, 9./ZG26

There several photos of this a/c on eBay and from other sources, with a pilot, an officer, associated with them. Does anyone know the name of the pilot that flew this a/c, or its W.Nr.? These would have been taken at Neumünster or Bönninghardt.

Can anyone provide any help?

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator

Re: Seeking info on color profile subjects for III./ZG26 profiles for 09.39, at outbreak of the war
 

Larry,

Please could you confirm the emblem carried by the Bf-109 D-1s of 8./ZG 26.

Best Regards,

Chris

Re: Seeking info on color profile subjects for III./ZG26 profiles for 09.39, at outbreak of the war
 

Chris,

This is the "walking fox," emblem, which some people have called the "sad fox" emblem. This is the same emblem carried on the forward fuselages of 8./ZG26 Bf110Cs.

Regards,

Larry