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Re: Hauptmann Gustav Rodel's G-4 help please
Aviation Elite Units 12, Jagdgeschwader 27 'Afrika', John Weal, Page 89:
Photo of port side. Caption is interesting as it casts some doubt on who actually flew this a c and where. Quote:
"0ften illustrated, and long thought to be the aircraft of 'Edu' Neumann's successor, Gustav Rödel, when Kommodore of JG 27 in Sicily in the spring of 1943, this photograph of the distinctively-marked 'White Triple Chevron 4' taken from the port side, shows a background terrain - billiard table flat and dotted with camel-thorn scrub - much more reminiscent of North Africa. It is now believed this machine is one belonging to Geschwaderstab of JG 77 which was abandoned in Tripolitania in January 1943 - but proof positive has yet to be established."
I can not find that any of the two photos I have referred to can verify the II/JG 27 emblem on the cowling.
In Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 2, page 41, a colour profile is again showing the II Gruppe emblem on this a c, captioned as being Rödels's G-4Trop.
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