Need Bf109D-1 photos for I./ZG52 - JGr152 a/c from Sept, 1939 until unit re-equipped with Bf110s

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I'm developing reference packages for this unit for our profile artist, and need additional photos for the above unit.

--I have two ECPA photos for the Stab of JGr152 circa mid Sept., 1939, of the Gr Kdr, Hptm Wilhelm Lessmann <<+, at Bilbis AF, Germany.

--I also have a photo of all the pilots of the JGr in front of a 2 Staffel a/c, but with no a/c code visible, circa the same period. The only useful info is the style of the prop spinner.

--I also have a photo of "Yellow 2" of 3./JGr152 at the gun firing range circa the same period. No pattern for the prop spinner is visible.

--I have one other photo of a D-1, that appears to be "Red 2" of 2 Staffel, probably the a/c of Hptm Horst Liensberger, the Sta Kap, but the "2"
on the fuselage isn't really very clear, also probably circa Sept., 1939.

I badly need a photo for 1 Staffel for the same period, a better shot of the a/c code for Liensberger's a/c, and photos of a/c from the same unit of all elements for the fall-winter of 1939/40. If there are other views of Lessmann's Gr Kdr a/c from the same photo sequence as above, I'd also appreciate copies.

This is a really tough unit due to the scarcity of photography. No known unit emblems or insignias during this period.

Can anyone help?

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator