Ton acs ual March 1942 Hans is’ Philip, an ace with 206 kilt his crit over he course of some 500 sorties, wasborn on Mach 17th, 1917 in M In 1836, Athe beginning of the Second Worl! War, he served with L/JG 76, redesignated Il/JG 54 in July 1940. As amember ofthis unit he participated inthe. ‘fighting over Britain, the Balkans and Operation Barbarossa. InApril 1943, he wasramed CO 11843, and aid not survive his atlerp to take fo his parachute. For nis combat successes, ‘The aircraft own by Hans Philop was camouaged with white over the upper and side surfaces to better sult the condone of the winter of 1843 around ‘Leningrad. The Gruppe Commander markingwas carried on the fuselage, as were the IL Gruppe and JG 54 (Green Heart) identiers. Both sides ofthoruddor Carried Philipp'skil markings. The landing gear covers ware removed duet their tendency to accumulate snow. ot 2 195 740 ea oh E : ae 31435 7.40 "eT ays Ce er cee ae PM are Re eee a Siegfried "Wumm’ Schnell, a native oftday’s Polish Sulcin (then Zeilenzig in Brandenburg) joined the ranks ofthe Luftwaffe in 1936 and atthe boginning ofthe Second World War he served ith 4 JUG 2. His fist was in combat over France on May 14th, 1840, others folowed over Britain and against English land American pilots over westem Europe. After being assigned to JG 54, he first served wit ‘Gruppe and was on February 1st. 1944 made ‘COofIV. Gruppe. While serving in his function, ne was shot down on February 25th, 1944 over Narvaby a Soviet fighter, this proving tbe aateul encounter. For his combat results, he was awarded on Joly eth, 1841 the Knights Cross wth Oak Leaves. In Second World Wa downed 83 enomy aicrat, Slegiied ‘Sehnots aircraft was camouflaged in tho standaré Luwaeighter scheme using RLM 74/75/76, Both sidos of te in wore decorated with the Knight's Cross, with Oak Leaves and markings symbolizing his victories. 31435 740 rd a 8 Sere (CESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NASREY a iomcrurins Inthe middle of February 1941, ILLIG 3 was sont rom the French coast back to Germany for some R and Rando re-equip with the more modern Bf 1095. In Apri the new Bt 109F-2 was received at Darmstadt sporting the standard RLM 74175176 camouflage scheme to which the ground crew added yellow rudders and engine cows. Lt Buddenhagon's aircraft also received the inscxption Schluck-Specht 3. Al the end of Apri 1941, I Gruppe moved lo France ‘and afte: amonth at Monchy-Breton was organ'sed into unis that were assigned fo takepart in Operation Barbarossa, the atack onthe SovietUnionAirratt ‘ofthe 5, Staffel were given bomb racks forthe ocassion, Lt Buddenhagen was kiled by round freon a bombing mission on June 25h, 1841 31436 738 ES OU YER TETAS NS 31435 7:38 13)f 109F-2, W. Nr. 9538, flown by Lt. Hans Bei8wenger, 6./ JG 54, Ostrow, Soviet Unio Maer Hans ‘Beiter Beiwenger was fist assigned to an anti-aircraft gun unit after entering the Wermachtin 1997, and went trough plat training in 1998. Aer ‘completion, he taught ying. Inthe winter of 1940, he was assigned to 6 NG 54, and while serving wit his unt he shot down a Yugoslay Hurricane on April 7th, 1941. Other victories came against Soviet plots, and he eventually accummulated 152 klls. On March 6th 1943, his Bf 1096-2 was the victim of ataran _attack conducted by van Kholodov ofthe 32nd GIAP, from which the latter was abe to bailout, while in the wreck, BeiBwenger met his death "Yellow 4 was. ‘camoutaged inthe standard Luftwaffe RLM 74/75/76 scheme, and the sides recelved an addtional squiggle patio of RLM 75 bordered with regular nes. ‘of ILM'74. Some sources say thatthe squiggles were in RLM G2 and the inowork in RLM 71. The yellow winglps and fuselage bands wore appiod to aircraft ‘operating onthe Eastern Front 92436741 ae omE 85 109F-2/b, flown by Obit. Wilhelm Hachfeld, 2./ JG 51, Kiev, Soviet Union, Summer 1941 Even in combat over the pains ofthe Soviet Union, the Luftwaffe leadership planned on using Bt 109F-2 fighters equipped with bombs to attack ground targets. The entire Jagdgeschwader 51 under he leadership of Werner Molders was from the siart of Oeration Barbarossa assigned the task of supporting Panzeroruppe 2 over the cenival section of the font, withthe final objective being Moscow. Future Knights Cross. holder Wilhelm Hachield, born ‘on September 20th, 1914 in Dessau, was appointed the 2, Staffel CO on October 8th, 1940. Bomben Will, a he was known, le the unit unl August 25th, 41941, atwhich pointe took over the entire |. Gruppe JG 51 and served that capacity unl the end of Apr 1842. In May 1942. he became the CO of lL/ZG 2, In who's service he fell in Tunisia on December 2nd, 1942. The aeraft, equipped with ETCSO/Vid was camouflaged in RLM 74/75/76 and, as an alreaft serving inthe Easter Front, gained yelow wing ps and fuselage band. 31435738 C tad ae P. a 8B — (CESKOU VERZITEXTU NALEZNETE NA 31935738 — = = 15W. Nr. 5530, flown by Fw. Hei |G 2, Ligescourt, France, BT eT Heinz Jahner participated in arole ofan air observer ofthe Campaign in Poland and France. In autumn 1940 he was moved to JG 2, frstto the office stat and thon tats 8. Staal, On July 2nd, 1941 ho parcipatod inthe alr combat wih Spitfires; he managed to shoot ane of thom down Shorly afer, though, hho was shot down himself and saved hs life on a parachute (seriously injured). When he recovered and was able fo participate in igh again, he started toserveat the training unitonly In 1945, he was join JG 7, which was equipped with Me 262 jets, he didnot geto any of re operational ying at hal squadron, though. Fw. Jahners aircrafts painted in standard camouflage shades of day interceptors of German Luftwaffe, RLM 74/75/76. The engine cover features ‘an amblomof 9. Staffel. Undorneath te cockpit, there isa sigh of Jagdgeschwader 2"Richthofer. SeskoU VERAITOXTY NALEZNETE NA POO RATALOGOWYM CISLEM Bata?B 7./ JG 54, Soviet Union, summer 1941 Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 54 was estabished on July 6th, 1940 in Jesau by renaming ofthe|J G21 twas equipped with Messerschmitt 8! 109Es. Aer ‘combat with Britsh aman inthe second part of 1840 and tho fst three months ofthe folowing year, Iwas transferred to Romania and Bulgar whoro LNG 54 supported the Welrmacht during the occupation of Yugoslavia. After the Balkan crusade, tha whole Gruppe moved on airfiald near to Gdansk tobe modiied to more modem 108s" F version. Ate rearming the Gruppe was moved the Soviet Union to participate inthe operation Barbarossa. During ‘summer and autunin 1940, some ofthe By 108F-2so 7, Slafe!G 54 had untypcal painting, reminded of the camouflage used atthe beginning of 1940. The Lndersides and fuselage sides wore painted RLM 76; tho uppor sides were painied RLM 74 and 75, Aremarkable marking feature was used withthe Eastorn Frontera yellow bane atthe allot the planes and yellow wingps. The nose o"the White 10" had an insignia o"7/JG 58, a winged log on te side ofthe ‘uselage and undemeath te cockpit, Urere was an emblem a! II! JG 84. The double wavy bar behind the ‘uselage cross was a mark of te airra, of a 5x0 VeRzITEXTU NALEZNETE NA BOD RATALOGOVIN CISLEM Os147 He / elB Detlev Rohwer, Stab |./ JG 3, Byelaya Tserkov, Soviet Union, Saeed Rohwer fighter plot career stared during the Bate of France, in which he took part as a member of L/JG 3. He servedin the ranks of JG 3 throughout the entice war. He was several times shot down and was several imes severely wounded, but he always recovered and caried on fying. Except for when his ‘career, and ulimately hse, ended on March 29th, 1944, when his 1096-6 was hit by defensive fire fom [Link] sat down, andP-28sinthe area ‘were Bent on finishing him of. During ther attack, Rohwer was seriously wounded. His lower limbs had to be amputated, but he nevertheless succumbed {ohisinjuries he nextday. He shot down a total of38 enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Knight's Cross. The lustrated aircraft was own by Detlev Rohwer ‘dung the summer of 1942. The wing camouflage was made up of RLM 70/02 while the fuselage had already boon sprayed in RLM 74/75. The sides of tho fuselage were covered by regular snakes of RLM 70. The aircraft markings were supplemented by the typical yellow quick identification aids caried by aircraft serving in the Eas, afuselape band, wingtips and engine cow/. The side ofthe cow sports the Tatzelwurm, the unit marking of JG 3 and Rohwer's ‘personal emblem ofthe Gotz von Berichingen knight below the cockpit. The let sie probably carried the Coat of Arms othe ity ofFrankfurton the Mohanen {the hometown of /JG 3's CO, Hans von Hahn),or othe City of Ke, the hometown of Daley Rohwer. = te en72 EU LL ae CAR 7 C BF 1091 Egon Mayer fought the entire Second World War as a member ofthe famous JG 2. He began his career as a fighter pilot at the end of 1999 inthe Batle ‘of France, continued in the Battle of Britain, and later over occupied France until March 2nd, 1944, when it was ended by pilots ofthe 358th FS in P-47 ‘Thunderbolts, that shot him down while on an escort mission near Montmedy in France. Over the course of353 combat fights, he downed 102 aircraft allover the Western front. He posthumously awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The depicted aircraft was flown by Mayer over the second haf ‘of 1941 during the defence of occupied French terory against Bish pls. This was paintedin RLM 74/75/76, typical forLuftwatle fighters ofthe time. 97498 7 101 97498 7101 75Ce A eA GC a ee CEM IT cmc Rela) Tm anther Franz Lotzow began his sevice career in the skies over Spain when, serving nthe Legion Condor, he dawned five enemy irra ducing the Civil ‘War. His combat mounted over the course ofthe Second World War while serving inthe ranks of JG 3, JG 51 and JV 44. He ended up wit a total ‘combat fights. HislMe was ended by Thunderbolts othe 365th FG. The P-47 jocks shat down the Me 262 fown by Latzow, | the ‘Woarng the standard scheme composed of RLM 74/75/76 with Goschwader CO markings, was flown by Gonthor Latzow inthe fnial phases of the war inst the Soviets, The camouflage scheme was supplemented by the usual quick recognition markings carried on the Eastem Front the yellow udder, 2g fuselage band, wingtips andengine cow. 97498 2 101 weE Bf 109F-2, W. Nr. 7186, Obit. Hans-Ekkehard Bob, 9. JG/54, Siverskaya, Soviet Union, De Tac Hans Ekkehard joined the Luftwaffe in 1896 and served up othe end o the war. He ended the war as a member of Jagdverband 44, units equipped withthe ‘Me 262 Schwalbe. Over the course of some 700 sorties, he shot down sixty enemy aircraft, and was awarded the Knight's Cross. Mle the war, he ist worked ‘ona farm, afterewhich he formedhis own ransportation company, and in 1958 he formed the word famous firm BOMAG. He flew the ilustrated aircratinthe \Wwintr of 1941/42 n the northem section ofthe Russian Front, where in an efoto better mask their craft when on the ground, support personnel sprayed ‘thom in a washable white pant on the upper surtaces. The aircraft caries the typical identiers catied onthe Eastom Front - a yellow fuselage band and yellow wingtips. Ss 97408 7 101W. Nr. 5458, flown by Hptm. Hans von Hahn, CO of CEs ee aaa ma ‘After the 5G 3 was withdraw from France on June Sth, 1941 it was dispatched to Breslau (today’s Wroclaw in Poland) to rest and replenish the losses. ‘On June 1a the whole Gruppo continued further East, toZamoscairprtin,atthattime, General Gowemment,name forthe Polish terry occupied by the ‘German amy. The uit’ askafer the altack onthe Soviet Urion was the ai cover or te Heeresgrupoe Sud dung sallack on Ukraine. LLiG 3 commander iam was Hans von Hahn, who was awarded withthe Knights Cross on July th 1947. Unt te end of the Werks Wel he she down 31 enemy aera. Hans von Hahn airplane he few in combat against the English amen was camouflaged in RLM 711025 supplemented by circles andiegular ines on the {usolage sides sprayed in RLM 7, Tho ara nose sported the 1/JG 3 marking logendary worm Tatzelwurm in green coor, there was a plot's personal ‘marking under the windshield onthe pot side ofthe fuselage, Frankfurt shield, pio’ brtolace onthe starboard The rudcercaried Hans von Heh’ il ‘markingsinthe form oblack ars. 18 Gusta) ch lense REAR VIEW 52 82 Si eise sponcaremmren Peon osae Ba 44 ul [ee or28 Cee en eee un a eR aura eens AoE a ‘Same as IL/JG 53 theIl/JG 52 unt was withdrawn fom the Channel area deployment inthe beginning of June 1941 and without any est redocated to Sobolevo and Suvalkiarporsin, at that time, EastPruss'a, nearby the demarcation lie between the Soviet Union and German Reich twas to take of for sorties providing the air cover forthe et wing ofthe Heeresgruppe Mite during te operation Barbarossa. On June 22nd, 1941, the attack onthe Soviet Union ‘was launched and I1JG 52 task was to destroy the Soviet aviation located athe nearay airports, On July 2nd, 1967 Gerhard Barknom shot down nis st ‘opponent inthe form of the Soviet twin-engine bomber DB-3, Unil ihe end ofthe hostifles he added another 300 kis, ll achieved on the Easter Front. ‘On March 2nd, 1944 ho was docoratod with the Knight's Cross with tho Oak Leaves and Swords. He survived tho Weild War Il and in 1958 ho ined the retom Lurwafe, he commanded JaBoG 31 Boeleke' and achieved the rank of General Lievisnant. He aired in 1983, On January th, 1983 he succumbed {o sovere wounds suffered In th car erash auing when his wife Chris dod as wel. Yolow 7 flown by Lt. Barkhoen atthe beginning of the operation Barbarossa was camouflaged, at thal ime, standard Luftwaffe clore, RLMO27/68, The markings ofthe area deployedta the Easter Front consisted cof yellow painted wing ps ower surfaces andrather wide yellow band infront ofthe al surfaces typicalfor JG 52 complemented by JG 52 nsignia under the windshield, 6. Statel marcingis palnted under the canopy. agen eee (Siar Eales] Gas! er ay eT Ax Siow Special thanks to AK Interactive to cooperation on this project Sg) veraresy wuemere ns 4 on : ROR ASRSCEP a RL ae Ca Se nec ra Germany (Russia now), June 1941 In then beginning of June 194%, I. Gruppe JIG 53 deploymentin the Wester Front at ho La Manche Channel ended and the whole unit was withdrawn to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airport. The re-squipment folowed the shor petiod of rest anc on June 12th the unt was dispatched to Sobolevo aerodrome i, althaltime, East Prussia. From hereitwas to provide the ar cover forthe lft wing of ne Heresgruppe Mite during the operation Barbarossa Jurgen Harder, brother of the more famous Harro Harder, achieved his fst air vclory on that 63y. Unilthe end of war he clamed further 83 ils both an the Eastem and Wester fronts. On February tst, 1845 he decorated wih the Knights Cross with the Oak Leaves. His luck ran out on February 17th, 1845 when, due tothe ‘MessorschmittB1 1096-14 engine allure, he crashed to death nearby the Lawn of Strausberg (eiates| Sif aa Ax Special thanks to AK Interactive to cooperation on this project SoguearE TY WEE ROSMAN SSN SSRN 4“ 6 @ "flown by Obit. Hans Phillip, CO of 4./JG 54, Ovsishtshi, Soviet Union, 30 eee Han “Fips" Philip, the ace with 206 ils to his credit, achieved during 600 sorties, was born an March 17th, 1917 in Meissen. He eristed inthe Lutwatfe 11938, Atthe beginning of tne World War I he served with 1/JG 76 which was re-designated Il /JG 54 in June 1840. nthe ranks ofthis unt he parcpated Inthe combats over the Britain, the Balkans and the operation Barbarossa. In Apr 1843 he was promoted to command JG 1 where, on October 8th, 1943, he ‘was shot down and perished during the unsuccessful attempt to save himself onthe parachute. Forhis combat successes he was decorated with the Knights Cross with tre Oak Leaves and Swords, The Messerschmitt B109F-2 received by ILUG 54in May 1941, were factory paintedin RLMO2I7 165 coors, athe Unitlevelthe addtion camouflage was sprayed onthe side surfaces, ypeal for his Gruppe Emil since the boginning of 1941. Yolow painted wing tps lower Surfaces and therear fuselage bandinieatethe Easter Front deployment [Emr po fesreat) ear Galen 2 nl) 84 6 ca A? Serle : es sm at He Gene ey em ae crs ES 3Bf 109F-2, W. Nr. 8235, flown by Hptm. Werner Pichon Kalau vom Hofe, Stab JG 54, Trakehnen, Germany (today’sYasnaya Polyana, Russia now), June 1941 ‘Aor the Balkans campaign the whole IG 5¢ was re-located back fo Germany where it was re-equipped with more madern Messerschmitt Bf 109F's and ‘on June 15th, 194, dispatched to Trakehnen aipor from which t was to operate dufing the operation Barbarossa. ls task was to provide the ar cover forthe Heeresgruppe Sud during the atack in the Leningrad (foday’s St Petersburg) direction. The Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was ‘a codename forthe atiack onthe Soviet Union, preparation of which was ordered by Hier himself shorly aftr he capitulation af France and wasnamed afer ‘3 Roman King and Emperor who ruled in 12th Century. During the operation Barbarossa, Wemer Pichon Kalau vom Hofe held he postton of the squadron headquarters tochnical officor at JG $4 therefore the fuselage of his aircraft cartiod the marking typical for a headauarors afeer. The arplano was ‘camouflaged on the upper surfaces in brown andgreen paints Bie GRRE ae igen AK eae aaa Special thanks to AK Interactive to cooperation on this project 7 56 a esxou vera verry uemere ne Bs es 31Bf 109F-2, W. Nr. 9704, flown by Maj. Giinther Littzow, CO of JG 51, Yukhnov, Soviet Union, Cees a After withdrawal rom the Western European batlfeld, short restin Dusseldor andre-ecuipmant with the mare medem Messerschmit Bf 109F-2.n June 43th, 1841, JG 51 transfered tothe Siedlceairportin the occupied Poland. Commanded by Werner Mliers, JG 51 task was to provide alr cover forthe Heeresgruppe Mite dunngits advance in Belarus and Moscow direction. Having ach eved his ‘th kil Molders was grounded and mage the Inspector ofthe Fighters. Ma). Beck tk his place, untl then he had lead IV1JG 51. On September 16th, 1941, Major Beckh was wounded and during his recovery unt [November &th was substituted by the JG 3 commander [Link]. Between October &th and 24th Gunther Ltzow achieved 25 kls, on October *1th she was decorated with the Knight's Cross with th Oak Loaves and Swords fr his combat succossos. Untl the end of warhe shot down 110 enomy aircraft. He was kiled inthe cockpit ofhis Me 252 during the combat with 358th FG Thunderbolts. From the beginning of Octaber, while commanding JG 3 and JG 51 ‘GantherLatzow few this aircraft. Camouflage was paintod in RLM 74/78/76 colors supplomontod with yellow markings indicating the ara rom the Eastern Front ané JG 51 insignia was painted onthe alrpane's nose. The mechanics painted tho air victories markings in the form of black bars on yellow painted rudder ene Bore ER a ear wo 40 ‘ceo! [esrlee! emia 58 paige Gur] Bisa eat See