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Re: Whose 109 was 'Yellow 5'?
Egon Troha's account of his last aerial battle during the BoB.
... On 29.10.1940 I flew the Messerscmitt Bf109 gelbe 5 Bf109E-4 (5153) over England because my gelbe 13 had mechanical problems. This plane was usually flown by a pilot who was missing over England in another maschine. Erika was the name of the Austrian girlfriend from pilot Lt. Achleitner. In the gelben 5 I was involved with my whole squadron of nine Bf109s, at a height of 10,200m [some 32,000ft], in an air battle with Spitfires of the Nr. 74 Squadron. As a result of a failure in the electrical system of the Me 109 the machine-guns and cannons wouldnt fire. I suffered hits in the cooler and then the motor from Hurricanes of the 253rd Squadron and crash landed in England. Again I was uninjured. This ended my part in the air battles over England...
Source: LEMB, an excerpt from discussion on the III./JG 3 emblem of 4 February 2014
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