Photos 6-7

[Nick Beale]

An interesting Bf 109 in http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=150130215191: a "5" behind the fuselage Balkenkreuz and what looks like an infantry close-combat badge by the cockpit.

Also, for the non-German speakers, the document (signed by a Head Forester) at http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=170119327512 recounts how American troops occupying a German village in April 1945 ordered the local people to bury the crew of a crashed Ju 52 (including two Luftwaffe men and three female auxiliaries). The bodies were identified, the photos show the wreck and there's a memorial card for one of the dead men which says he died returning from a mission.

[robert]

Hi Nick,

this is letter "E" probably taken in 1942.

Regards

Robert

[F19Gladiator]

[quote=Nick Beale;44439]An interesting Bf 109 in http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=150130215191: a "5" behind the fuselage Balkenkreuz and what looks like an infantry close-combat badge by the cockpit.

Hi Nick,
I believe it is the letter "E" or "F" and not a number "5" on the rear fuselage. This is also more in line with ground attack unit markings on 109 Es I believe.