[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello Charles, Steve, Nick, Junker et al,

Since out of 60 reports for I./SG 151 only one was a Fw 190 A-5, it is unlikely that I./SG 151 was the unit to which Fw 190 F-8 'White 48' belonged to. Several other Fw 190 that carried codes with a virtually identical font / style as on 'White 48' were A-subtypes.

If "Yellow 37" at Varloese was indeed a bird of 14./SG 151, 'White 48' was definately not from 14./SG 151. Steve, are you sure that it was not 'White 37'? I only have that one photo from the Polish book and cannot really be sure about the color. But I assume there exists several other photos where it is clear that the color was not white and most likely yellow.

On the other hand, there is no F-subtype in the EJG 1 list that Charles provided.

I assume the unit to which 'White 48' belonged to was either EJG 1 or SG 151 as there was no other larger training / replacement unit in the North as far as I know. If so, I tend more towards EJG 1.

The information regarding 14./SG 151 is also interesting to me since I own a control stick from a Fw 190 G-3, W.Nr. 160896 that was once with KG 51, then SKG 10 and finally 14./SG 151. Since SKG 10 operated at night, it may well be one of the Fw 190s at Vaerlose with flame shields above the exhausts. Is there a book where photos of the 190 at Vaerlose were published. So far, I have not been able to find a picture of W.Nr. 160896. It must have survived the war as the control stick was removed by an American soldier. Maybe it was found at Schleswig or Vaerlose (although that as far as I know was in the British zone).

Hello Vince,

Thanks for the scans of your uncle's logbook. He flew with 14./EJG 1 in the South of Germany. So, not the unit to which 'White 48' belonged to. But the entries regarding the Me 262 and Do 335 inspection at Riem are very interesting and not something I have seen before.

Thank you all.

Roger