Need Help identifying several 3./JG76 a/c FL during the Western Campaign of 1940

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

For profiling purposes, I'm trying to identify four Bf109Es from 3./JG76 (later 6./JG54) that force-landed or crash-landed during the WC of 1940, probably either in France or Belgium.

All have appeared in eBay auctions, and some have had general locations suggested, some clearly wrong. Who really knows the specific dates, locations, and, hopefully, specific pilots of any of these a/c? We have the information we need on Lt. Dieter Zehl, who force-landed and overturned Yellow 2 on 15 May 1940.

1) Yellow 3+ E-1 that FL in good condition in open farmland; standard 1940 camouflage

2) Yellow 4+ Probably E-1 that FL in good condition in open farmland; standard 1940 camouflage

3) Yellow 9+ FL in good condition in deep grass; non-standard light gray or green camouflage with one white victory tab on the rudder

4) Yellow 14+ E-3 that crashed into a a wooded thicket, with location claimed as near Verdun (France).

Who can help?

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator