Gefr Karl Raisinger, 3/JG 77

[Jochen Prien]

Hello Chris,

there are a number of pretty good photos of Karl Raisinger's Bf 109 E-4 around, which have appeared in various publications; back in 1976 I have obtained two crystal-clear prints from the archive of the - late - Kent Messenger, one of which you can see in JFV 4/II, page 99.

To me it appears as though the a/c had four black victory stripes on the tailfin, three in front of and one abaft the Hakenkreuz, the stripes being of different width. Underneath the cabin sill one can see the national flags of the countries against which this a/c had seen service, but I can see no trace of a name. The colour of the numeral is rather dark, too dark for yellow, so that I take it as brown.

Hope this helps.

Kins regards

Jochen