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Bf 109G-2, Maj. Johannes Trautloft, CO of JG 54, the Soviet Union, August 1942

Hannes Trautloft started his combat career in the Spanish Civil War. He flew the Bf 109s 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 til July 5, 1943. Trautloft was credited with

58 victories, and he was awarded the Knight’s Cross on July 27, 1941. His personal aircraft sported 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 supported the notion that the scheme consisted of RLM 70, 02 and 76. The “middle green” color was mixed from RLM70 and RLM02 shades. Note the remnants of RLM 76 color around the swastika. This aircraft was equipped with pressurized canopy, typical for G-1 or G-3 versions. Some of the stencils, including the “Do Not Walk” lines, were covered by tape prior to overspray and so they stayed visible.

 

Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr. 13531, Hptm. Hermann Graf, CO of 9./JG 52, Pitomnik, the Soviet Union, September 1942

Hermann Anton Graf was born on October 24, 1912. He trained as a locksmith and was a keen footballer in his youth. Later he took up gliding and was drafted into the army in 1939. He served with JG 51 from July 1939 and was a fighter instructor in the first half of 1940. In July 1940 he was assigned to 9./JG 52 and took part in the fighting over Greece and Crete in April 1941. He achieved his first aerial victory on August 4, 1941, near Kyiv and things began to change. In January 1942, Graf received Ritterkreuz for his 45th victory and in March he became CO of 9./JG 52, the so-called “Karaya Staffel”. He achieved his 100th victory on May 14, 1942, shot down his 150th enemy on September 4, and on September 26 became the first German fighter to surpass the 200 victory mark. For these accomplishments he received the Brilliants to the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He later commanded units of the Erg. Gr. Ost, JG 50, JG 1, JG 11 and JG 52. He was handed over to the Soviets by American forces after the surrender and returned from captivity in December 1949. The aircraft WNr. 13531, manufactured at the WNF factory, had darkened paint scheme on the fuselage, probably with the use of RLM 70 color. The left side of the rudder showed the symbols of the kills. Decal sheet provides two options. The rudder with 172 kills, which bears a dull camouflage or rudder with light spots in the RLM 76 colour and 202 kill marks.

 

Bf 109G-2, Fw. Anton Hafner, 4./JG 51, El Aouina, Tunis, December 1942

Anton Hafner was born on June 2, 1918, in Erbach near Ulm. In 1940 he successfully completed his fighter pilot training. After the training he joined JG 51 and remained with this unit for the rest of his fighter pilot career. On August 22, 1942, he shot down his 60th enemy, which brought him the Knight’s Cross – he received it the next day. At the beginning of November 1942, the II. Gruppe JG 51 moved from the Eastern Front to Africa. On January 2, 1943, Anton Hafner was shot down. He survived and upon his return from hospital he joined the Stabstaffel JG 51. On May 15, 1944, he overtook the command of 8./JG 51. On October 17, 1944, Oblt. Anton Hafner, the bearer of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, shot down his 204th enemy, the Soviet Yak-7 aircraft. During the battle, while performing a low flight with his Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, he hit a tree and died in the crash. The aircraft of the II. Gruppe JG 51 moved to Africa from the Eastern Front and were camouflaged with RLM 74/75/76 colors. The yellow identification elements marking the aircraft operating in the Eastern Front were repainted and substituted by white complements on the wingtips and on the tail of the fuselage. The rudder was adorned with the sign representing the number of Anton Hafner’s victories. Ahead of the fuselage number there was an irregularity – a white horizontal band marking the aircraft of the II. Gruppe.

 

Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr. 13949, Maj. Hans Hahn, CO of II./JG 54, Rjelbicy, the Soviet Union, January 1943

Hans Hahn, a fighter ace and a holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, held a list of command positions throughout his career. From December 1939 he commanded 4./JG 2 and from October 29, 1940, he led III./JG 2. Starting on November 1, 1942, he took over command of II./JG 54, and led this Gruppe until February 21, 1943, when he was shot down and taken prisoner by the Soviets. He wasn’t freed until 1950. At the time of his capture, he had attained 108 kills, 66 of them were achieved on the Western Front. According to Russian sources, “Assi” Hahn was shot down by Soviet ace Lt. P. Grazhdaninov. Hahn himself noted that after shooting down a La-5, he was hit in the port wing and suffering an overheated engine, he was forced to land behind Soviet lines, where he was captured. His aircraft was oversprayed in white on the upper and side surfaces to better suit the winter conditions. Double chevron and the horizontal bar on the rear fuselage was the CO marking of II. Gruppe, and this Group’s unit emblem appeared below the windscreen. The JG 54’s Green Heart (Grünherz) marking is also present. The spinner and the lower sides of the engine cowl were lightly sprayed over in white. Hahn’s aircraft was part of an exhibition of captured machines in Moscow.

 

Bf 109G-2/R6/Trop, WNr. 10805, Lt. Wilhelm Crinius, 3./JG 53, Bizerta, Tunis, January 1943

A native to Hohenhausen, Wilhelm Crinius joined Luftwaffe in January 1940. After his fighter pilot training in February 1942, he joined 3. Staffel JG 53 and fought in Malta, in the Eastern Front and in the North Africa. On September 23, 1942, he was awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves for shooting down 100 enemy aircraft. Till January 8, 1943, he added 14 more shot downs. On January 13, though, the fortune had changed her mind. His aircraft was hit during the battle with Spitfires near El Kala. Crinius suffered thigh injury and due to the engine fire he was forced to perform a water landing. The next day fishermen saved him. After recovery he was sent to the POW camp. After the World War Two came to an end, he worked as a CEO of German subsidiary of Phillips, later as a chairman of the board of Ernst Düllmann GmbH. In 1989 he ran as a candidate of Deutsche Volksunion party for European Parliament. He died on April 26, 1997, in Stuhr, Lower Saxony. Crinius’ “Gustav” was camouflaged in RLM 78/79 shades and sported patches and patterns painted in RLM 80. Underneath the fuselage number there was repaint of the previous marking visible, most likely by RLM 78. The rudder sported the painting of the Knight’s Cross accompanied by the victory marks.

 

Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr. 14810, Ofw. Rudolf Müller, 6./JG 5, Petsamo, Finland, April 1943

Rudolf “Rudi” Müller was born on November 21, 1920, in Frankfurt am Main. During 1940, he underwent pilot training and was assigned to 1./JG 77 in August 1941. He scored his first kill on September 12, 1941, his victim was a Soviet I-16. In February 1942 he shot down two RAF bombers off Norwegian coast. On March 21, 1942, the 6./JG 5 was formed from Müller’s Staffel and the number of his victories over Soviet pilots was steadily rising during this time. Encounters took place during Luftwaffe attacks on convoys to and from Murmansk and during multiple combats with Soviet forces in the area of the Vayenga airfield or over the base of the JG 5 at Petsamo-Luostari. Rudolf Müller was awarded the Knight’s Cross on June 19, 1942, after achieving 46 victories. In a dogfight with the Hurricanes of the 609 IAP, he was shot down on April 19, 1943, on Soviet territory, tried to escape with the help of winter gear, but was eventually captured. On October 21, 1943, he was shot while attempting to escape from a prison camp.

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