(08) Battle of Britain, part I

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 ‘White 11’ of III./JG 53. The aircraft was finished in RLM 70/71 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides, with colour division line in mid-fuselage.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 ‘Brown 2’ of 6./JG 54, autumn 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 71/02 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides, with colour division line in the upper part of the fuselage.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1/B, W.Nr.6313 coded ‘White G’ of 2./JG 27, flown by Uffz. Paul Wacker, November 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 71/02 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides, with colour division line in the upper part of the fuselage.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C coded ‘2N+BN’ of 8./ZG 76, summer 1940. The aircraft is fi-nished in RLM 71/02 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-6 coded ‚2N+RH’ of 1./Erp.Gr. 210, crewed by Lt. Erich Beudel (pilot) and Ogfr. Heinrich Diemer (Bordfunker), 29th June 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 70/71 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C ‘3U+AS’ of 8./ZG 76, summer 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 70/71 on the upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on undersides.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-2, W.Nr 35xx, coded ‘L1+LL’ of 15.(Z)/LG 1, crewed by Oblt. Otto Weckeiser (pilot) and Uffz. Horst Bügow (Bordfunker), 27th September 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 70/71 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides, with low colour division line.

Dornier Do 17 Z coded ‘F1+BL’ of 3./KG 76, 1940. The aircraft is finished in RLM 70/71 on upper surfaces, and RLM 65 on the undersides. Code letter ‘B’ and spinner in the Staffel colour of light yellow.

Heinkel He 111 H-1 coded ‘G1+BH’ (White ‘B’) W.Nr 6305 of 1./KG 55. The aircraft in typical finish of RLM 70/71/65. Of special interest is the crew’s personal insignia of ‘prancing bull’ painted on the port side just ahead of the aircraft’s letter code.

Junkers Ju 87 B-1 coded ‘6G+AT’ (Yellow ‘A’) of 6./St.G 1; Norrent-Fontes, August 1940. The aircraft in standard finish of RLM 70/71/65.

Junkers Ju 87 B-2 coded ‘T6+HL’ (Yellow ‘H’) W.Nr. 3360 of 3./St.G 2 ‘Immelmann’; St Malo, France, 10th August 1940. The aircraft in standard finish of RLM 70/71/65.