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Old 5th February 2017, 18:12
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Re: Belly landed Fw 190 at Fürth May 1945

I must apologize for my previous post far to much affirmative, so find this new one:

It seems from Hungarian sources but unpublished photos (HADmodels: http://www.aeroscale.net/modules.php...opic_id=137188 ) that Egon Thiem Kommandeur from I./SG10 had flown one Fw 190 with this same "<<C+" markings in February 1945 in Hungary.

We know that some yellow nosed Fw190 "<2, <5 and yellow8" from either I./SG2 or I./SG10 had landed at Ansbach, very near from Furth, at this same period.

And thanks to Matti Salonen ( http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=38199 ) It seems that I./SG10 kommandeur already used "green K or green C" markings on 31 December 1943.

So If the fin is really yellow and not blue/grey, there is a possibility that this "<<C+" could have been the horse from Egon Thiem, kommandeur from I./SG10...

Indeed the awaited yellow band seems missing or was it camouflaged on it's upper part? And we already have a Fw190 with a yellow nose band "<<+" kommandeur from I./SG2 or I./SG10 at München-Riem...

Easier to post at 18 pm on Sunday than 2 am in the week

Cheers, Olivier
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