Late war Bf 109 pictures source

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

And it looks like it has "62" in small black figures (partly covered by snow) on the wing leading edge. Similar leading-edge markings were seen in the Verbandsführerschule General der Jagdflieger. Unlike other known aircraft of theirs (see Japo's Fw 190 D, Vol. 1), this doesn't seem to be a D-11, lacking that sub-type's outer wing cannon.

This footage is exploited in the Eagle Editions Dora book (Vol II, p187-188) - the aircraft is identified as a D-9 of 1./JG 101 'white 52' or possibly 'chevron white 52'

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Merci Franck,

For your praise; with your and Ferdinando's untiring help, the 1944 - 1945 Bf 109 encyclopedy we're slowly building will be done one day;-))

Sincerely
Marc

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Folks,

I just found an interesting Bf 109 G-6/AS in its overall RLM 76 livery, probably photographed May - June 1944 in Germany; only the upper part of what seems to be a "Gelbe" tactical number can be seen.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream

According to Prien and Rodeike 1995, III./JG 1, I./JG 5 and II./JG 11 were the first to be equipped with this subtype. I would be most interested into identifying unit and place.

Thanks for your inputs
Marc

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hi there folks,

I'm currently carrying out, a huge cleaning sorting of my Flickr account in order to flush out all remaining pictures without a proper legend. in this process, I'm confronted with a serie of about 20 pictures showing a line of Bf 109 G-6 or G14 with no JG specific markings. They were all part of an album sold on Ebay probably around 2005 - 2008. I just found two of them on Neil's Falkeeins blogspot but without a legend in a post devoted to the 22 August 1944 air battle over Mantes which involved II./JG 53, III./JG 76 and III./JG 26.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream

Are they II./JG 53 machines or III./JG 76, which converted until 20 August 1944 on brand new Bf 109 G-14's? Can the unit and subtype be confirmed? Is the location for those pictures known?

Are those pictures stemming from the same album do represent the same unit? At the same or in another location? The same time frame?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/

[veltro]

Originally Posted by Marc-André Haldimann

I'm currently carrying out, a huge cleaning sorting of my Flickr account in order to flush out all remaining pictures without a proper legend. (...)

Certainly mine is an useless question, but maybe my English simply isn't good enough to understand properly... Marc, when you wrote "...to flush out all remaining pictures", you didn't mean "to delete" them, but simply to move them to a section devoted to the (yet) unidentified images, didn't you?

Just to understand and for my peace of mind... thanks.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by veltro

...maybe my English simply isn't good enough to understand properly...

Well, in my experience of it, it's better than many English people seem to manage!

[Marc-André Haldimann]

There is a technical glitch and can't edit the previous post...

I just wished to add all my thanks in advance
Marc

[Nick Beale]

This one http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...7625539886908/ is another case of a red spot on a white fuselage band, followed by a wave marking = IV./JG 3 in summer/autumn 1943.

This suggests that it could be one or other of the two such "black 3" found in Southern Italy:

Bf 109 G-6, W.Nr. 18512, Black 3 + red spot and “wave” (previous marking SI+UY) found at Foggia main aerodrome.

Bf 109 G-6, W.Nr. 19461,Black 3 + red spot and “wave” found at Lecce/San Donato.

The only question mark for me would be the white outline to the "3" which is not mentioned in the reports from Italy.

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Caro Ferdinando,

You got me right! My work those last two days was to sort out through all pictures I've uploaded; I've deleted all the ones who were uploaded twice from two different sources, and I've done a real effort to give minimal legends to all remaining pictures.

I've also checked a fair amount - but not all yet! - of pictures found on the net against the publications of my library, in order to give a precise anchoring for any researcher.

Still some work to go through, but I'm in a time issue toward two archaeological publications, so this won't be finished before...August.

Tanti saluti
Marc

[unikum]

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