JG 301 or ... JG 5 ?

[Kjetil Aakra]

I need to make a few things clear.

1. The aircraft are NOT from JG 5. I'd really like them to be as that would be interesting, but too many things don't fit (see my previous posts).

2. I don't know which JG they are from and have of course not commented on that in previous posts, I can only say that they are not from JG 5. JG 301 sounds plausible to me, though, but someone with more knowledge on that unit must answer that one.

Here's a list of all Fw 190s at Herdla as of 10th May 1945:

Stab II/JG 5 : 581166 (A-8) and 63801010 (F-8)
5./JG 5: 350187, 732117, 737124, 732126, 732127, 732150, 732173, 732179, 732181 and 732187 (all A-8s)
9./JG 5: 120478 (A-2), 130436, 132173, 135415, 135446, (all A-3s), 732076, 732197, 737939 and 737941 (all A-8s)

As only 5. (previously 12./JG 5) and 9./JG 5 operated the Fw 190 in JG 5 at the time, it means that all operational JG 5 Fw 190s surviving the war are in the above listing.

As 737938 is not in this listing and the photo of that aircraft was taken after the surrender, I am sure we can safely say it was never assigned to JG 5.

I personally think that the odd-number theory is interesting, but probably just a coincidence.

Kjetil