Hello,
For profile purposes for the EoE Project we've got to locate an original print of this photo which shows a line up of Bf110s of Stab V.(Z)/LG1 (L1+XB & L1+YB) and, in the background, 3M+AA of the Gesch Stab of ZG2. The latter a/c is the Bf110, of Maj Friedrich Vollbracht, Geschwader Kommodore. We believe that this was taken at Ste Marie AF, near Chevigny, Belgium, sometime between 20 and 24 May 1940, the only period when these two units were apparently co-located together at this location. We're working on a profile series of the a/c of Stab ZG2, and need to be able to make a very high res image of Vollbracht's a/c to be able to view it in some detail. It appears to have had the fuselage sides over-sprayed with light blue (65) mottling.
We've searched for an original print of this photo through numerous collections, but only know of one place where this was published in a book, which is the source of this image. We're not aware of this being in the BA, ECPA or SH-D official collections, nor any of several major private collections that we've had access to, including that of Ludwig von Eimannsberger and John Vasco.
I'm also seeking photos of other Stab ZG2 aircraft during the period 01.04.40 (when the unit was activated) to the end of 09.40, when it was disbanded to become a night fighter unit. We have three photos of what is probably this same a/c force-landed on 04.09.40 in West Sussex during the Battle of Britain, piloted by the Gesch Adj. Those are the only other Stab ZG2 Bf110 photos of which we are aware.
Who can help us?
http://ihra.smugmug.com/photos/i-VBT...-VBT4vFd-L.jpg