This repaint is for the payware FlyingIron Simulations Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2. It depicts "Weisser Doppelwinkel", flown by Maj. Hannes Trautloft, CO of JG 54, Relbitsy - Russia, Summer 1942.
When Hannes Trautloft passed away on January 12, 1996, Germany lost "one of the great educators in the fighter arm," in the words of historian Ernst Obermaier.
Hannes Trautloft entered combat in the Spanish Civil War. He flew the Bf 109 and participated in the development of tactics for this fighter. He fought in the Polish campaign as well as in France and managed to achieve at least one victory in every campaign. On August 25, 1940 he assumed command of JG 54. He led this fighter unit through Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union, and in subsequent combat till July 5, 1943.
Trautloft earned great respect for his able command of JG 54 from August 1940 to July 1943. His personal insignia, the "Green heart of Germany" (Thuringia region) was adopted by the entire JG 54, which became famous as Jagdgeschwader Grünherz.
Taking more care of his men in the JG 54 instead of increasing his personal score it was not until the Battle of Britain that Trautloft manage to achieve his first eight abschusse.
When participating in the invasion of the Soviet Union he amassed another six confirmed victories in June and another six on July. Following his nineteenth and twentieth victories on 24 July, two Soviet VVS SB-3 bombers fell before his guns near Dno, Major Trautloft was awarded with the Knight's Cross.
Under Trautloft's command, JG 54 was credited with 1,200 victories on the Eastern Front through 2 January 1942. Geschwaderkommodore Trautloft scored his personal fortieth victory, against a Pe-2 on 9 May 1942.
On 6 July 1943, Trautloft's personal friend, General der Jagdflieger Galland, appointed him inspector of the Fighter Air Arm on the Eastern Front.
Trautloft ended the war with a total of fifty-three victories (plus four in the Spanish Civil War) on 560 combat sorties.
His personal aircraft wore a non-standard camouflage scheme. It is not clear which colors were used by JG 54 during its deployment to the Soviet Union. One theory supports the notion that the scheme consists of RLM 70, 02 and 76. The 'middle green' color was mixed from 70 and 02 colors. Note the remnants of RLM76 color around the swastika and Werk Nummer. This aircraft was equipped with a pressurized canopy, typical for G-1 or G-3 versions.
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This repaint features historical tail markings.
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