Color still photo of a black Bf 109

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

Just came across this interesting still photo of a black Bf 109. It is not the Bf 109 G-6/AS of 2./EJG 2 captured at Gardelegen (propeller spinner is different) but may have come from the same unit.

http://www.criticalpast.com/products...5675020427/149

There are other great color still photos of Luftwaffe planes (many I personally have never seen before) at that site. Enjoy.

Regards,
Roger

[Pilot]

Have you find more images of above linked plane during your search?

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hallo Roger,

Yes, I stumbled also on those excellent US colour films shot in April 1945 at Nürnberg and Grafenwöhr.

As for the BF 109 G, it is actually an Erla Bf 109 G-10 with the flat canted panel under the windscreen, found at Grafenwöhr. This plane has been discussed in depth in the following thread:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...t=Grafenw%F6hr

A fine and sharp black and white picture exists also from the same machine:
http://www.pbase.com/rhssr/image/1671876

You can notice there this machine was actually finished in a segmented RLM 82/RLM 83 pattern which lower limit went down until the wing. The undersurfaces might have been left in bare metal. A colour profile has been published in 2007: "Captured Me109's" by Jacek Jackiewicz and Mirosław Wawrzyński:
http://www.soundcity.pl/Kecay/Me109/17.jpg




Cheers
Marc

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hi Marc,

Ahhh, I see. Interesting, I could have sweared that it was black, but it only appeared very dark. It is nice to see a better photo of the same plane, even if in b/w. Thanks.

Hi Pilot,

Yes, there are more. If you search for e.g. German planes at that website you will find more such photos. Am going to post some other amazing photo links (maybe I am late and everybody knows already, but I thought I have to share these) in a few minutes.

Kind regards,
Roger

[Pilot]

Thank you very much