Hello,
For a possible EoE Color profile, I'm trying to ID the specifics of this very new Bf109E-4, believed to be from 3./JG51. Various photos on eBay have been captioned Gravelines area (half way between Dunkirk and Calais) and "bei Lou Plave," which might be Loon Beach, just E of Gravelines, and noted as "Mai 1940." In two of the photos I have of this one, there is a merchant ship beached in very shallow water in the background, sitting very high out of the water at apparently low tide. Since this would only be a few Kms from the Dunkirk area, it seems like the kind of ship that might have been run aground during the Dunkirk evacuations, so circa very late 05.40 through early 08.40 and Battle of Britain (no yellow tactical markings on the 109).
My questions are:
1) What is the name of the ship and when was it beached?
2) What is the date of the 109 FL?.
3) Because of the ship can the location along the coast be determined?
4) Who was the pilot?
https://ihra.smugmug.com/photos/i-LR...-LRp7j9B-S.jpg
https://ihra.smugmug.com/photos/i-gW...-gWLmrc8-S.jpg
Can anyone help?