Bf109 tail, unusual style victory bars

[Andre Stewart]

Hello everyone,

More a matter of curiousity than a specific question...

On eBay was auctioned recently a photo of a Bf109 tail with 16 victory bars. All of these show either roundels or white American stars [none look like red stars]. But the unusual thing was that 8 of the bars each had a nice row of 3 roundels or stars from top to bottom, while 2 bars contained 2 roundels or stars each. Url is appended below.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-Jagd-Flugzeu...16415475206076

This is the 1st time I've ever seen victory bars marked in this manner. Does anyone know the unit that the 109 belonged to? Or perhaps why the bars were marked in this way? It can't be for the number of kills, cos that would have meant more bars.... could it be related to the "point system" that was introduced in the RvT period? IIRC between 1 to 3 points were awarded, depending on the nature of the kill.

Any takers on this one?

rgds
andre

[Kutscha]

Just saw this question someplace else. Was explained as:

1 star > single engine a/c
2 star > 2 engine a/c
3 star > more than 2 engines

[kaki3152]

The Bf-109G in question is the one flown by Lt. Dr. Peter Werfft, Staffel leader of 9./JG-27 in early 1944. The same picture is in Prien's work on III/IV/JG-27.

[Andre Stewart]

To Kutscha and kaki3152,

Many thanks for your explanation.

rgds
andre