6./JG 2 Frank Liesendahl

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Dear All,

According to the info here http://falkeeins.blogspot.ie/search/label/JG%202 , on 23 June 1941 Oblt. Frank Liesendahl flew perhaps the last Jabo sortie with his 'first' Jabostaffel 6./JG 2. On 10 July 1941 he was wounded in combat, but he nevertheless managed to land his aircraft at Abbeville. For the second time in just over a year he remained hospitalised for about two months. There is little info on the event of 10 July 1941. I wonder whether this photo here http://www.messerschmitt-bf109.de/di...otonummer=4533, apparently taken in the peak summer of 1941, showing a forced landed aircraft of 6./JG 2 (note the Jabo emblem on the engine cowling), might have been taken on that day.

Furthermore, I wonder whether series of photos of apparently "Yellow 10" from Falke Eins' excellent blog (i.e., the former reference above), show the Bf 109 F-4/B aircraft? I have not heard of the Bf 109 F-2 being used for the Jabo missions due to its early structural weaknesses, but let us say that it is a possibility. If the aircraft was the Bf 109 F-4/B, that would put the time-frame to June 1941, since the Bf 109 F-4 apparently started reaching the front-line units from that month.

Any member's comments, remarks on the two queries above will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Sinisa