Karl Ebbinghausen 109E (+)

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Originally Posted by mmoustaf

Ah! That's it! Thank You very much.

Glad it helped!

Studying the two photos on page 304 in „Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1935 Teil 4/I“ closer......
.....I conclude that the second photo also shows <<+-, this time with the II. Gruppe bar visible.

I also noted that <-+- has the 5./JG 26 emblem ("Hans Huckebein" Raven) on the engine cowling but that <<+- seems not to have it.
<-+- at the time was the mount of Lt. Roch, according to the caption, showing 5 victory bars on the rudder.

Referring again to the photos, it is possible that <<+- had a similar yellow top portion of the rudder such as featured on the <-+- on the photo. This is not the case in the profile in "Combat Colours Number 1".
Further, the wing tips of the two aircraft seem to have a light colour - Perhaps white judging from the contrast but could also be yellow as claimed in the caption. Both 109s might have carried the tactical identification markings as described on p. 29 in "Combat Colours Number 1": Wingtip and tailplane markings (White?). According to this reference this practise, as well as the rudder marking (see above), was in use during late August.
Br
Goran