Bf109 - Anzio ? - ID pilot

[KrisJG3]

Somewhere in Anzio ?
A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter shot down in the Anzio bridgehead, 25 January 1944.

https://media.iwm.org.uk/cantaloupe/.../0/default.jpg

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205207215

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/s...-media&page=10

BR
Kris

[Merlin]

wow "shot down in the Anzio bridgehead, 25 January 1944"

I see a Bf 109G-6 without engine found somewhere in the South at an captured airport.

[Nick Beale]

It seems to be a I. Gruppe aircraft (no marking is visible aft of the cross) and the "6" appears yellow (3. Staffel). On the Anzio front at this period, as far as I remember, I./JG 4 was the only I. Gruppe equipped with the Bf 109. (I./JG 53 and I./JG 77 were defending the North of Italy; 3./NAGr. 11 was not formed until February and received its first aircraft in March.)

I./JG 4 did report an aircraft missing in action on 24 January 1944 and 4 shot down in air combat on 22 January. (Bundesarchiv RL 2-III/852)

[Revi16]

When you enlarge the photo you can see another Bf-109's wing and tail in the background along with a DB-605.

[Franek Grabowski]

From Falcon's page.
Dienstgrad, Pilot: unbekannt, unbekannt
Geschwader: Jagdgeschwader 53
Gruppe: I. Gruppe
Staffel: 3. Staffel
Nationalität: Deutschland
Kennung: gelbe 6
Stammkennzeichen: TI+YY
Werknummer: 26 037
Standort: San Lorenzo (Italien)
Aufnahmedatum: 25.01.1944
Zusatzinfos:
Diese Maschine ging am 17.09.1943 bei einer Bruchlandung auf dem Ausweichplatz von San Lorenzo zu Bruch. Der Schaden betrug 75%. Die Maschine lag monatelang herum. Das Foto wurde am 25.01.1944 von den Briten gemacht, die den Platz im Januar erobert hatten.

In der Quelle wird die Maschine falsch als Bf 109 G-8 bezeichnet. In der Verlustliste der I./JG53 ist es eine Bf 109 G-6.

The other aircraft could be the one from the neighbouring photo.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205525900


Dienstgrad, Pilot: unbekannt, unbekannt
Geschwader: Jagdgeschwader 53
Gruppe: I. Gruppe
Staffel: Stab
Nationalität: Deutschland
Kennung: Winkel
Stammkennzeichen: RV+IO
Werknummer: 26 125
Standort: San Lorenzo (Italien)
Aufnahmezeitraum: 17.09.1943 - 30.09.1943

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 26 037 "Gelbe 6", 3./JG 53, San Lorenzo. Located 40 km SSE of Rome and 13,5 km NW of Anzio, this airstrip hosted I./JG 53 for a very short time between 17 and 21 September 1943.

As stated by Revi 16, in the background is the wingtip of Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 26 125 "Schwarzer Winkel", Stab I./JG 53, taken by Sgt. Menzies in this other IWM photo here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205525900

Cheers
Marc