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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
Post #4239 could be Bf 109 G-6/U4, W.Nr. 449726, 21 + ∣. Found at Le Bourget, crash-landed and looted.
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Nick, here my thoughts:
Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 440 726 (?) "Schwarze 21", Stab III./JG 26 (?), Le Bourget, France, Autumn 1944.
This WNF built Bf 109 G-6 was found wrecked and is recorded in A.I.2(g) Report 257 as Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 449 726 "Schwarze 21", from an unknown unit. The W.Nr. reported in 1944 is obviously a typo for W.Nr. 440 726, from a known WNF built Bf 109 G-6/U4 batch. The tactical markings of "Schwarze 21" are consistent for a Stab III./JG 26 machine.
This unit was never based there, but Le Bourget hosted Flugzeugleitstelle (Flugzeugschleuse) Luftflottenkdo. 3, a unit responsible for delivering new and repaired machines to their units between 1943 and 1944. This might be the explanation why this JG 26 wrecked machine was found there.
I of course stand corrected.
Cheers
Marc