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Re: Puzzling Bf 109 of JG 53
That's indeed Harro Harders aircraft and the swastika must have been removed from the photo, not the aircraft. I believe the swastikas were removed when the Ace of Spades emblem was reapplied but by then the emblem was larger and the noses were painted yellow.
Evidently Harder didn't fly this aircraft when shot down because it was later used by Erich Schmidt with the small triangle in the chevron painted out.
Cheers / Anders
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