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Old 22nd November 2005, 17:28
Rabe Anton Rabe Anton is offline
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Re: Colours used on JG54 109F aircraft at start of Barbarossa

Very probably someone will turn up exactly the type of photo you are looking for. In lieu of that information, however, you might take a look at the color photograph of Bf 109E of II./JG 54 which was published on the dust jacket of Smith, et al., Luftwaffe Painting Guide (Kookabura Technical Publications, ca. 1970). While it is true that this Emil antedated the Bf 109F-2 in II./
JG 54 service by several months, it is indisputable that the peculiar camouflage pattern found on the Emil was the progenitor for that found on the unit's F-2s. In my opinion, the colors as well as the pattern remained consistent throughout 1941 regardless of aircraft subtype. Thus, I feel that once you have seen the Emil scheme, you also will have seen the F-2 scheme. Perhaps also worth noting that the 1970 publication date makes electronic colorization rather less likely than in recent "color"
photographs.

RA