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Bf 109G-10/U4, II./JG 52, Brno, Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren, April 1945
Bf 109G-10/U4, WNr. 612769, 101. vadászezred, Neubiberg airfield,
Germany, May 1945
Bf 109G-10/U4, WNr. 611048, II./JG 52, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, May 1945
The II./JG 51 was disbanded on April 5, 1945,
at Fels am Wagram and part of its pilots and the
equipment was transferred to JG 52. One of such
aircraft was the Bf 109G-10/U4 with the name
Rosemarie painted on the port side. The original
unit can be determined thanks to the overpainted
marking which location was exclusively used
by II./JG 51.
In the end of March 1945, the remaining
Hungarian units were concentrated at Tulln
airport in Austria from where they flew sorties
to the areas of Vienna and Brno. After the front
approached Tulln on April 5, 1945, they relocated
to Raffelding airport, from where they continued
in the air support of the land forces in the vicinity
of Vienna. At the end of the war, the Hungarian
airmen, same as their German comrades-in-
arms, better surrendered to the American Army
therefore the 101. vadaszezred pilots flew over
to the Bavarian Neubiberg with the remaining
aircraft. Airframes manufactured in Diana plant
were camouflaged in the same colors as the
airframes from Wiener Neustadt plant. From
the photographs of “yellow 12” it is obvious that
the Hungarian national markings were spray-
painted directly on the factory camouflage.
The German markings had not been applied at all.
Part of the wing undersurfaces remained in the
natural metal color.
In the middle of April 1945, II./JG 52 relocated
from Fels am Wagram airport to Hosching
airport from where it pilots flew the missions
to support the German units and to counteract
the Soviet offensive during the battle of Brno.
Fighter sorties against the American units over
Austria and Southern Czechia were also on cards.
In the beginning of May, the relocation to
Zeltweg followed and from there, on May 8, 1945,
all airworthy planes took off for Bavarian
Neubiberg, where the pilots were captured by
the American Army. Camouflage of this aircraft
consisted of spray-painted RLM 75/83 colors
on the upper surfaces and RLM 76 on the
bottoms and was complimented by the Luftflotte
4 recognition marking introduced on March
7, 1945, in the form of yellow painted nose and
rudder. Before the assignment to II./JG 52 the
aircraft had served with another unit, its original
marking was overpainted in the camouflage color.
The rudder features seven kill markings.
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