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Old 20th December 2020, 11:36
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Re: Late war Bf 109 pictures source

A rare portfolio stemming from Uffz. Otto Twupak's heritage - he died 7 June 1944 as he stalled his Erla Leipzig built Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 412440 "Weisse 11" trying to regain altitude over Fl.Pl. Le Mans, France, under attack by 8th Air Force P 47's.

The first part of this set shows him aboard and around WNF built Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 15 772 "RH+JM" "Weisse 2", as he is being celebrated possibly at Wien-Seyring after 10 October 1943.

The second part does show him - either at Wien-Seyring or Frankfurt-Eschborn - in front and aboard an Erla built Bf 109 G-6 "Weisse 8" which shows all the features of a standard early 1944 G-6 with short radio mast and D/F loop. It's W.Nr. is uncertain as, for the known 4./JG 53 losses, two "Weisse 8" were lost in May 1944 : W.Nr. 412380 and W.Nr. 412447.

With all my thanks to Spektor for the pointer of the current historical media.com sale of those photos and Flugbuch von Uffz. Twupak which allows to precise an earlier eBay sale, 24 March 2017:
http://historical-media.com/id105c.htm
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