[ChristianK]

Hello Marc,

I have seen a photo of a Bf 109 from the same unit alongside Bf 109 Werknr. 490137 which landed at Rinkaby, Sweden in April 1945.

Two other Bf 109 G-10/R2 (770293 and 770261) landed at Rinkaby on 12 April, so the one next to 490137 could likely be one of them. The pilots of both these planes had belonged to 2.(F)/122, which is strange because this unit was equipped with Me 410 and was spread between northern Italy and southern Bavaria at that time.

Both of these Rinkaby-109s are listed as being flown to Sweden from Neubrandenburg airfield. On 12 April 1945 this base was occupied by Stab and 1./NAGR 3, so maybe one of these is the parent unit of our particularly marked Bf 109 G-10 recons. But keep in mind that this is only a very loose assumption, as other recon units where in the Neubrandenburg area at this time too, for example 1. and 5./122. Maybe the pilots from Rinkaby had just switched Staffeln within their Gruppe?

Kind regards,
Christian