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Messerschmitt
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Bf 109B-1, captured by the Republicans.
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Bf 109B-2, in the parking lot.
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Bf 109D in Spain, 1938.
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Bf 109E-1 from 1./JG20
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Bf 109E in flight.
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Bf 109E-1S of JG 77 immediately prior to the invasion of France. The black boot is the emblem of I Gruppe. (Bundesarchiv)
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Lt. Hubert Kroech, a Legion Condor veteran, lectures young pilots of JG 53 Pik As on air fighting tactics. Kroeck`s machine carries o top hat, his personal insignia. (Bundesarchiv)
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While the Sitzkrieg was punctuated by sharp clashes, it provided plenty of time for recreation. This aircraft, an E-1 belonging to 1/JG77, demonstrates the new lighter scheme which came into use late 1939.
No longer afraid of being caught on the ground, more concerned with being seen in the air, Lt. Blue was painted high up the sides of Bf 109s. The spinner and propeller blades are painted Black-Green.
The camouflage net is not a net as such, but stretched wire with faggots of weeds of weeds and straw attached.
(Bundesarchiv)
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This pilot of III/JG 27 looks like he would rather be doing almost anything other than waiting for the mechanics to make an engine adjustment before he can join his comrades already in the air. During the battle of France this unit began painting the aircraft numeral on the cowling, against regulations, and continued to do so into 1943. (Bundesarchiv)
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