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Originally Posted by John Beaman
Roger:
Begining in 1941, almost all bomber crews said they were attacked by yellow-nosed 109s or 190s. The legend of the "yellow-nosed boys of Abbeville" was being built. These were the "toughest" Luftwaffe fighter pilots. After all, who wants to say they were attacked by just average fighter pilots? 
By December 1944, almost all fancy decorations were gone from Luftwaffe fighters save colored bands on the rear fuselage. |
I am looking at a wartime color photo of 'Black 12' a Bf 109G-10/R2 that served with 2./NAG 14 at the end of the war. The aircraft had a yellow cowl and yellow rudder, but the spinner appears to be a darker color, or perhaps very dirty. The plane was parked in front of a hangar and must have been captured shortly before the photo was made.