Color film brand new FW 190 in may 1945

[D.B. Andrus]

A couple of larger screen shots:





Color scheme appears to be RLM 74/75/76. Does the 74 looks almost black to anyone else?

D.B.

[Cpt_Farrel]

I'm thinking that it might be RLM81 in combination with RLM75. There are some dark not very saturated versions of RLM 81 that I believe could easily be mistaken for a dark RLM74 when seen in combination with 75. Specially in old colorfilm where subtle tones might be hard to distinguish. Thanks for the shots though!

EDIT: Having seen the actual clip now, it's hard to say much except that the lighter color is RLM75. In a few frames the darker color on the spine looked like a perfect example of RLM74 but the exposure and general quality of the film makes it very hard to be certain. It could be an RLM74/75 scheme touched up with RLM70 or something similar. Very hard to tell.

Cheers / Anders

[KrisJG3]

Here is the same film with Bf109:

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...rican-soldiers

Text/description is:

''...Location: Dachau Germany
Date: 1945, April ------ The Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. A group of American soldiers sitting and standing near and in a Messerschmitt Bf-109 (G-6 or G-14 "Black 1") . A US soldier joking around and hanging from the propeller of the aircraft as other soldiers rotate it. A swastika drawn on the tail of the Bf-109. Soldiers stand around the tail of the Bf-109 (Me-109). ...''

Best regards,

Kris

[cproyston]

Originally Posted by Simon Schatz

Wow! Very impressive vids! Also very interesting is the Luftflotte 4 Ju87 (starts at 4:30) in the last vid.

Cheers, Simon

... of 2./NSGr.10, +C - not one of the more commonly photographed/seen NSGr.10 87s either and unusual in that it's got it's wheel spats still fitted. I only recall seeing one other of their aircraft still wearing those - Ju 87D-5, +I, WNr.?.

Don't have my references to hand, but probably have more information, i.e. it's WNr and other tactical markings, somewhere ...

Cheers,
Chris

Simon - just noticed further along this thread you've already noted this - sorry for the duplicate info

[Rémi Baudru]

Hello,

A black and white photo of the same plane can be seen page 161 (bottom) of the very good book "LO+ST" (author = Hideki Noro).
This front view shows well the partially dark (81) painted underwing.

Regards.

Rémi

[Milos Gazdic]

I guess what others were doing but all the files are missing from the discussion so I've spent few minutes fixing the colors a bit. Unfortunately most of the footage is heavily underexposed which killed the colors quite especially in shadows & darker tones & made corrections from such a small resolution video quite hard...
But still maybe someone will find this useful

http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col..._JG6_Furth.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_07.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_06.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_05.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_04.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_03.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_02.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...190_D-9_01.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...Factory_02.jpg
http://www.hirtc.com/HIRTC/FW190/Col...Factory_01.jpg << panoramic composite

Please note - files are a bit wider so they make the board look uneven so I am posting them as links. Hope that is ok?

[Jerry Crandall]

Those are Fw 190 A-8s in the 739000 W.Nr. block found at that Ago factory not A-9s.

Cheers, Jerry

[Milos Gazdic]

Thanks for the correction Jerry.

Still very interesting to see the camo quite clearly. Pity the film was so heavily underexposed drops shadows totally off when it comes to tone & details.

[Rémi Baudru]

Hallo,

The link to watch the film (post 1) does not work any more.

I would be please to watch it again.

Does any one have an idea to find this film again ?

Best regards.

Rémi Baudru

[Micke D]

I not sure if this is exactly the same film, but it shows the Fw 190A-8's at AGO Oschersleben.
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1000120