Hungarian trainer in Luftwaffe markings (NSGr 5) that fled to Switzerland, April 1945

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

There's a photo of the Levente 2 in Karl Ries' "Deutsche Luftwaffe über der Schweiz 1939–45" (Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, 1978). I can't read the code but the characters after the cross look nothing like "ZS."

If one could dig ou the quoted issue of Cockpit magazine, the problem would be solved. Even on the indifferent quality photocopy I have, I can faintly discern what might be the +ZC codes.

[Alex Smart]

Hi,
Saw the photo in aeroplane Monthly March 1997.Part of a three part series.
page 56. Caption says -
Crew were two Hungarian Flying Instructors.Aircraft had been applied with dark green paint over the Hungarian marking. Some instruments were missing. The a/c served on with a new engine and Swiss civil markings HB-TAC. She crashed in August 1952.
As seen in the photo, the Hungarian markings can just be seen through the freshly applied new paint.

Alex