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Re: JG 26 bunch of pilots
This photo is from Josef Bürschgens' collection, which he let me copy many years ago. I don't know where ww2 images got their copy; it looks pretty muddy. I published it in JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe, where I identified all of the men but one. All are from III./JG 26 on Caffiers in early August 1940. From left: Hptm. Schöpfel, Oblt. Beyer, Lt. Müller-Dühe, Lt. Bürschgens, Lt. Christennecke (in life jacket), Maj. Galland, Lt. Sprick, Lt. Müncheberg, unknown, Hptm. Dr. Schroedter. Another photo of this scene is in JG 26: Photographic History of the Luftwaffe's Top Guns. Coincidentally, I loaned Brian Silcox this latter one to use in a magazine article featuring many of Dr. Schroedter's outstanding color transparencies. The magazine is now out, and I can recommend it: Axis Fighters, a Collector's Edition from Flight Journal. In return, Brian has promised to review my Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich in a web venue, probably a modeler's site. I'll pass on the URL when I get it.
Horrido!
Don
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