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IV./SG151 late war markings deciphered
Hi,
I think to have deciphered this up to now un-identified unit with this so special double length wavy fuselage bar visible over some rare Fw190 in Cz and South-East Germany, all with under-wings bomb racks. Known pictures are: (Thanks to any of you able to add more informations) 1st staffel with white markings: 5+ ~ at Straubing ?+ ~ Fw 190A-7, W.Nr.340024 but with a fighter-bomber wings (one gun and two ETC-50 bomb racks per wing), in a forest, (possibly at Brandis ?). 2nd staffel, with black markings: 6+~, Fw 190F-3, W.Nr.670926, at Hörsching (13+ ~, Fw 190F-8, W.Nr.580638, profile book No 4 by Claes Sundin, at Budweis, source unknown) 14+ ~ 16+ ~ 2 or 2x + ~, Fw 190F-3 at Prag-Ruzyne (Cf Luftwaffe over Cz territory p 64) 25+ ~ , Fw 190F-8 3rd staffel and Stab airplanes not photo documented. So we have: _ an SG unit with only two “staffeln” documented. _ Flying over Cz and South Germany _ With probably no or very few operational aircrafts by the end of the war, since we have very few aircrafts pictured and most of them badly damaged. _ With operational group markings that seems to exclude school units from the SG101-110 series _ But with old A-7 and F-3 models, as well as some high fuselage digit like ‘black 25’ that exclude any operational unit. From all this I find only one unit that fit perfectly and that is IV./SG151 . _ It’s Stab, 10 and 11 Staffeln flew over the considered territories but not it’s 12./SG151 staffel that was moved to Danzig area for anti-ship training missions using mainly Fw190 but also some Ju87. _ Stab, 10 & 11./SG151 got order to disbanded on April 3rd , witch was effective for April 19th that explain that all flyable machines were probably moved to others units and then not pictured by May45 or after. (10./SG151 was disbanded at Straubing, where white 5 was pictured and 11./SG151 at Schongau) _ It’s role as reserve unit explain perfectly the markings _ And a twice length wavy fuselage bar match perfectly with a fourth group markings So now the good thing would be to find some Fw190 and Ju87 from 12./SG151 with a yellow wavy line, with possibly not exactly the same wavy line because they are very far from their original unit and under III./SG151 then I./SG151 command on the West front. So I looked to their older airbases (Rahmel 17/8/44 to xx/02/45 then Perleberg xx/02/45 to xx/04/45 then Lübeck-Blankense xx/04/45 - xx/05/45 under III./SG151 command, and finally disbanded at Großenbrode where it had been attached to I./SG 151. Unfortunatly all poorly documented. But I find those two, possibly from 12./SG151: Ju 87 41+ ~ yellow, at Danzig Langfuhr (close to Rahmel) And finally with the help from Göran Larsson and Gerhard Stemmer, Fw 190 8+~. The original caption was “The last Staffel at Mecklenburg". Last Staffel because 12./SG151 was not disbanded before the end contrary from 10 & 11./SG151. And Parchim-Mecklenburg is on the way between Perleberg and Lübeck-Blankensee, so again very probably 12./SG151. So yes I think that until contradictory information come out we can consider that this double length wavy fuselage bar is the distinctive markings from Stab, 10 and 11./SG151, the one from 12./SG151 being slightly more conventional. Regards, Olivier MENU Photo Sources: none of them is extracted from any books. _ White marking is from Malan Heslop Photograph Collection via byu.edu _ Black marking is I think from an old ebay auction _ Danzig photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...7631648764713/ _Fw190 from 12./SG151 come from an old Ebay Auction |
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