WNr.6453 F

[Stig Jarlevik]

Interesting photo Frank

Some of the photos appear in Priens book about II./JG 27 and although not stated could have been flown by Hptm Langhof (the elderly individual facing Milch). If we write the marking symbols like this < II, I find them very similar to a Major beim Stab symbol, and perhaps Langhof was just that....

Is it possible to say in which JG 77 book Prien makes a statement that the aeroplane with the doppelbalken belonged to that unit?

As far as I can make out we cannot be 100% certain that the aircraft we CAN ID, WNr 6453F actually is the same as < II. We are close, but not 100%...

Finally, from where comes the airfield name Strumatal? Is this the same as Sofia-Vrba or is it some kind of satelite field close by? Prien says Belica specifically for these photos, but states the main airfield was Vrba during the units period in Bulgaria.

Cheers
Stig