About Jagdwaffe V5S3 'Defending the Reich'

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That's another very nice book but i would like to correct two captions:

# 1/ Fw 190F-8 'Yellow 11+-" (p287 & 288 ) is not from II./SG2 but from II./SG10


(skin from Julio Junqueira Brasil for 'European Air War' flight simulator)

Explanation:
On March 7th, 1945, an order issued from Kliegerkorps IV ask Luftflotte 4 (single engine only?) airplanes to show 'a yellow nose band + yellow rudder' instead of the previous 'yellow fuselage band + yellow underwing chevron' but at this time only I./SG2 and full SG10 unit were still under Luftflotte4 command.

Proof:
Fw 190 markings from II./SG2 are well known and without any yellow nose band > just see H.U.Rudel surrender there:
http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/kitzingen.htm

# 2/ Ta 152H 'Yellow 1+-" (p264) is very probably not from 7./JG301 but from 11./JG301

Simply because Ta 152 were only delivered to III./JG301 (and looking to the lost list probably only to 11th and 12th Staffel) before being transfered to the GeschwaderStab.

It seems that between December44 and Mars45 the horizontal bar was absolutely not specific from the II./JG301 (See my other post about 'JG301 late war markings': http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ighlight=JG301 )

More information expected in forthcoming Fw 190D book from Jerry Crandall (Note i have absolutely no link with Mr Crandall)