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Re: It's JG 301
As usual, I am entering the fray late.
I think several of you have summed up this argument very well, but here I go anyway.
These aircraft are not from JG 5. I was incorrect in 1985 when I illustrated Fw 190 A-8 5+ White as being from JG 5 (AIRFOIL #3, page 32). I now have color slides taken at Fürth which positively show the red/yellow RV bands of I./JG 301.
This aircraft is not unique for that Geschwader. The planes I have documented from I./JG 301 all carry the “reversed” red/yellow RV bands. As well as several color slides, I own a whole series of original prints of captured I./JG 301 aircraft. Included are Fw 190 A-8 <4+ and 9+ Black, and an addition 9+ Black (not the same aircraft!) All have the “reversed” bands. None of these planes were photographed in Norway. They all came from central and southern Germany and Czechoslovakia.
These “reversed” RV bands seem to be unique to I./JG 301. As far as I can determine, all other JG 301 Gruppen carried the correct yellow/red RV bands.
Steve Sheflin
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