Belly landing of a Me 109 in Greece

[byron-]

Hello,
The pics are from an e-bay offer with the description
Jagdflugzeug Bf Me 109 JG 52 Wappen weiße 4 -> Notlandung Griechenland 7.04.41.

The plain can`t be from JG 52, since this unit arrived after the 25 of May in Greece.
Any ideas? Unit, crew? More? The town in the horizon is Lamia.


Byron

[bn785371]

See this forum.

https://luftwaffe-research-group.org...38/#post-41983

[byron-]

Hi Rene,

i can`t find it there, can you help?

[byron-]

Ι just noticed the emblem, it belongs actually to Stab JG 52, so the plane too, the date of 7.04.41 is not valid

[Don Pearson]

See JFV 5, page 300 to see various aircraft from I.(J)/LG 2 sporting the JG 52 badge. Aircraft are hand-me-downs: JG 77 aircraft seen with JG 54 badges.

Don

[byron-]

You are right Don, thanks, but we still don`t know more about this aircraft. Stab JG 52 was never in Greece

[Rasmussen]

"So geht es im Krieg."

[ouidjat]

Sorry, correction, I wrote exactly: " So, he was shot before being officially shot down ?"

[byron-]

Ηi,

it is undeniably Lamia

see the mountains. Left of the soldiers helmet is the old castle

[ouidjat]

Thanks guys,
Thanks Boris to have pointed the whole and correct discussion concerning this machine. It seems I didn't retain Lamia accident because of the 30% damages written in loss report comparing with previous, both with 15%, and what is depicted on this (these, they are 6 or 7) photo.
Thanks Byron, the photo you posted is crystal clear.
...
again the same lesson: never trust photo's back (except here "Griechenland" was/is correct). Neither places, dates etc.. Need always to be check with very evidence if available.
And never accept Bruch rates for sure; 1/ They didn't give the real machine's state (at least not always, so far) since 2/ they do include - this assumption is well described and explained elsewhere - the capacity of the repairs to be done at local level; on field, next repair shop and/or higher level ... Means if one decide TO NOT DO the repairs .. Just put down higher rate on report .. Which is quite understandable when unit is on the move.

Cheers, guys, and regards.
Franck.

PS: Doesn't change my sentence above: "It was shot before being officially shot down"