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Bf 109K-4
built by Daniel Křivánek
#84197
MARKING A
WNr. 332529, Stab JG 52, Deutsch Brod, Protectorate
of Bohemia and Moravia, May 1945
At the end of the war, at least three Bf 109s with a tulip pattern on the nose were
found at the Deutsch Brod base (Havlíčkův Brod today). The surviving engine
cowling bears a grey paint and red tulip marking. These were apparently the
machines of the Stab JG 52, commanded by Kommodore Hermann Graf, who
had the same markings in 1943 with JG 50. When Oberst Graf became CO of
JG 52 in October 1944, he introduced the same markings to his Stab planes,
including the green fuselage numbers. Graf brought two wingmen to his Stab,
Lt. Anton Resch and Oblt. Heinrich Füllgrabe (67 victories; KC holder), who was
killed in January 1945 on the “green 2”. By the end of the war, Resch had scored
most of the victories of Stab JG 52, so it is possible that he also flew 332529.
He was awarded the Knight’s Cross in early April 1945 and achieved a total of 91
victories during 210 combat sorties. The fuselage number was probably green,
but the decal also offers a black variant. Fuselage was painted in RLM 74 and
RLM 75 with yellow-grey version of RLM 76. Vertical tail was painted in darker
version of RLM 74 and 75, the RLM 74 had a tinge of green. Wing was painted
with lighter shade of colors RLM 74, 75 and 76.
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