This repaint is for the payware FlyingIron Simulations Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6. It depicts Bf 109G-6 "Gelbe 20" 3./EKG(J), Ansbach, Germany, March 1945.
This aircraft ended up in Luneville on March 22, 1945 after its pilot decided to defect to the Allied forces.
Little was known about this happening until a file was found in the USAF records at Maxwell AFB.
The file is a report of a prisoner interrogation. It originated with the APWIU (Air Prisoner of War Intelligence Unit) of the 1st Tactical Air Force, numbered 25/1945. The report is dated 22.March 1945. Paraphrasing the 6 page report, the following points emerge:
· A Bf 109G-6 or 14 crash-landed at 1300 hours near Luneville, France.
· The German pilot was defecting. He was not named but was from Berlin.
· The aircraft was listed in the report as a G-14 or G-6. The report is not certain whether the aircraft was a G-6 or 14.
· The aircraft was marked yellow 20 + I and the spinner had a single white spiral.
· No mention is made of any other markings other than the oil fill point triangle on the port side of the nose.
· The pilot’s unit was Ergänzungskampfgruppe (J), a “Verbandsführerschule des General der Kampfflieger”. The school was for the conversion of bomber pilots from KGs 6, 30, 54 and other units unknown to the prisoner. There were 4 Staffeln in the unit. The POW was in the third Staffel. The unit was based at Ansbach airfield.
· The POW had been planning to defect for some time. He was ordered to do solo training, doing practice circuits and some acrobatics. He selected an aircraft with full fuel tanks and after a few circuits began his defection flight. After several navigation changes, his engine began to overheat, he smelled burning oil and belly-landed the aircraft.
This seems to be an aircraft that has gone through a major overhaul, possibly put together from parts of several aircraft.
The original camouflage of 74/75/76 has then been mostly covered by an overspray of RLM 83 Dark Green, applied in a criss cross pattern on the fuselage that creates an effect of light spots where the original RLM 76 shines through.
Spinner baseplate in RLM 70 with 1/3 in white. Spinner is black with a white spiral.
(copy/paste from the net)
NOTE
This repaint features historical tail markings.
There is no optional replacement file.
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2 months ago