Hi.
Well - not an easy one the Bf 109.
The location is definitely somewhere in Norway - but exactly where is not that easy to say. Could be middle Norway (around Trondheim), but also in the south (area around Mandal for example).
Also - this could be almost every variant of an E-series - we have well known photographs of E-7´s with the early version canopy - Horst Carganico even got this canopy version mounted on one of his Bf 109F´s for better visibility.
Units then... JG 77, Jagdgruppe Drontheim, JG 5 are all possible
Timeframe likely winter 1941 or winter 1942.
With regards to the amount of damage - to me it seems like this one has been on it´s back, the tail being damaged in a so-called ´Überschlag´ - a very common thing with the Bf 109 by landing and takeoff.
I have (unfortunately maybe) close to 1000 loss records for Bf 109´s in units under Luftflotte 5, so it is a bit of a needle in a haystack search - but it can be done by narrowing in on periods, locations and loss descriptions.
Request - has anyone got the NVM for the following loss:
http://www.aviationhistory.no/ref_db...?lossid=122594
Regards,
Andreas B