[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

7./JG26 detached from the rest of III./JG26 amd withdrew from the Channel Front late in 1940, re-equipped with new Bf109E-7s in Germany, then moved to Gela, Sicily, on 07.02.41. The Bf109E-4 that Müncheberg had flown through the WC/FC, the BoB and the first part of The Blitz was now likely close to worn out, and 7./JG26 needed the extra fuel tanks of the E-7 for Ops in the Mediterranean. W.Nr.5961 would have been one of the unit's new E-7s and not the a/c which is the subject of the photo in question. As of now, I don't know the W.Nr. of this a/c, but I'd certainly like to know it.

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator