Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ? - Page 2 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

tmolitor · #1 14th June 2013, 20:38

Hi Everyone,

Larry has the same picture I have from my booklet. If I have a better quality picture I'll scan it and send it on to everyone. This may take a few days. Im currently away on Holiday.

Cpt_Farrel · #2 15th June 2013, 10:11

Regarding the lack of I.D. colors, the yellow wingtips and wedge on the top part of the rudders seems to have been introduced in early August. By the time I./LG2 was based in Holland so they probably didn't use them. I belive they did use the white wingtips and rudder markings that started to appear on crashed 109's in Britain on September 2, 1940. So if the crash in the photos was in France it seems likely to be around the last week of August as I./LG2 relocated from Holland to Calais-Marck on August 22 and ought to have had the white wingtips and rudder painted on come September.

This assuming the photo IS from France and really showing an LG2 aircraft...

Cheers / Anders

CJE · #3 21st June 2013, 11:35

Anecdotes: just recalled the author's name: a Lavigne (don't have his first name).

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