Late war Bf 109 pictures source

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Phas3e and Roland,

www.flickr.com/photos/28092068@N03/11550417415
This pic was taken after 17 April 1945 at Nürnberg A/F. It stems from the Collection Rulison and was published in Luftwaffe im Focus 20, photo 5.

You're correct, Roland: those are the latest known airframes which lower fuselages and bottom were left unpainted, having this "Bodenwöhr snake" streak of RLM 76 equalizing roughly the RLM 81/82 with the unpainted fuselage surfaces....Those shown are from the W.Nr. 335 xxx batch.

Cheers
Marc

Originally Posted by Marc-André Haldimann

Phas3e and Roland,

www.flickr.com/photos/28092068@N03/11550417415
This pic was taken after 17 April 1945 at Nürnberg A/F. It stems from the Collection Rulison and was published in Luftwaffe im Focus 20, photo 5.

You're correct, Roland: those are the latest known airframes which lower fuselages and bottom were left unpainted, having this "Bodenwöhr snake" streak of RLM 76 equalizing roughly the RLM 81/82 with the unpainted fuselage surfaces....Those shown are from the W.Nr. 335 xxx batch.

Cheers
Marc

Fascinating, Never knew of this scheme before. Would love to see a color profile of it. Also, is it me or does the aircraft in that FB picture have one wing in 75/82 and the other wing 81/82? They appear to be finished differently.