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Old 4th January 2012, 20:30
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Re: Schleissheim 1945 pictures

Well, finally some additions (and questions):

1. Fw 190 "TS+MA" in this collection isn't the same a/c as the one from Bayreuth-Bindlach, even though it looks nearly exactly identical. Our "TS+MA" here is still placed in its forest refuge and features a rather battered paintwork, while the a/c from Bayreuth looks much more intact, even though it has already been pulled out to the collecting point. As all the other identifiable airfield photos here are from Schleißheim, I guess our "TS+MA" was found there too.
Regarding Werknummer 5753: This info was mentioned in the old Luftwaffe Verband magazine, issue 32, accompanying a small photo of the Bayreuth plane (Crow collection). There is an additional picture of the Bayreuth plane in (IIRC) Merrick's Luftwaffe camouflage book, vol.2. However, the Werknummer 5753 isn't visible in both photos, so I don't know where this information comes from. Perhaps it's readable in one of the original shots or it's mentioned in some airfield inspection report.

2. We now also have two photos of early Bf 110s wearing the TS+M./MB code. One with an earlier style fuselage cross, parked in a hangar and published in Luftwaffe Verband magazine 33 (location given as "north of Munich", so perhaps Schleißheim or Oberwiesenfeld), and the one from this picasa collection. Interesting. Are more photos of those planes known?

3. When enlarged, the Bf 109 to the left in this photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/brianka...50052181644978 seems to feature a black fuselage Balkenkreuz. Very rare too. Perhaps an italian plane?

4. Not that interesting, but an oddity too: When comparing the following two photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/brianka...50086852498354, https://picasaweb.google.com/brianka...49930908778226 to this one http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ftaufnahme.jpg one can identify a Bf 110 coded "2.+CZ". I guess the full code is "2Z+CZ" and it's is a former plane of 15./NJG 6, probably later transferred to 16. or Stabstaffel/NJG 6, when the earlier unit was disbanded. Is that a small overpainted emblem on the forward fuselage? Did NJG 6 or it's V. Gruppe use anything like that?

Regards,
Christian
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