Photos + 11-12-05 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

edwest · #1 13th November 2005, 02:00

BlackWolf3945 · #2 13th November 2005, 12:48

http://cgi.ebay.de/WWII-6-FOTO-FLUGZ...QQcmdZViewItem

This Bf 109 from LG 2 appears to be on display in Dayton, Ohio USA. I've made some inquiries elswhere to determine if it is indeed Dayton.

Great shots of this ship, thanks as always for posting the links Ed! Personally speaking, you save me some work by doing so, but then I inevitably wind up making more work for myself in the end because I just can't stop grunging through all the auctions... LOL

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Richey4Real · #3 13th November 2005, 19:08

The pics of White G are very interesting. Ive been working on something for the past few days and there seems to be some confusion. White G belonged to Uffz. Paul Wacker who was forced down at Corfe Castle on 30/11/40.the pilot was from 2./JG27 but the A/C was from II.(Schl.)/LG 2 with the WNr. 6313F. There is a pic of this aircraft on the ground in the Osprey Aviation Elite book JG27.In this pic you can also see that the A/C appears to have victory bars at the top of the rudder. In one of the pics Ed has posted you can quite clearly see the WNr. 1289 on the tail with what appear like two victory bars close to it, thing is 1289 is the preserved example at Saxonwald South Africa marked Red 2 formerly of 2./JG26 flown by Uffz Heinz Wolf and forced down at Udimore on 28/11/40. There isn’t much left of the empennage on the surviving A/C, so at some time it must have been lent to Wackers A/C which seems strange because in the Osprey pic the tail of Wackers A/C seems perfectly ok.

I’m sure that some of our more knowledgeable members can add more details and fill in some of the gaps.

HTH

Nick

P.S. Ive just had a quick look at the LEMB and this post by peter seems to have cleared some of my confusion,I should have known to check there first,lol.

http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/fo...?showtopic=602

BlackWolf3945 · #4 14th November 2005, 00:38

My own research pretty much coincides with what you've discovered Nick, and was confirmed by a third party on another forum. Musical tails!

Anyhoo, another fella on that same forum has also confirmed that the photos were indeed taken in Dayton, Ohio. The airplane was displayed in front of what's known as the 'old' courthouse. A bit of grunging around netted some photos of this building as it appears today and there is little doubt that this was the location where the photos were taken.

I'm going to try and grab these photos but I'm sure it'll go way above and beyond my means, especially with entities like good 'ole Sudek around...

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