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Avia S-99, Police Air Patrol Unit, Czechoslovak Police Air Force, Prague-Kbely, 1947
Bf 109G-10, 1./KG(J) 6, Prague-Kbely, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, March/April 1945
This aircraft, allocated to the air detachment
of SNB (Sbor národní bezpečnosti - National
Security Corps) got to the air for the first time
in summer 1946. The upper and side surfaces
were camouflaged in steel gray paint, the lower
surfaces were sprayed in darker grey color.
The engine cowlings, wings leading edges and
elevators of the SNB Air Patrol aircraft were
painted in scarlet red. The code letters were
painted in the same color outlined in white.
The national insignia was in the form of white
outlined spherical triangle. The vertical tail
stabilizer carried a small black numeral 4.
The huge losses suffered by Luftwaffe fighter
units were one of the reasons that led in October
1944 to the decision to reduce the number of
bomber assets and to distribute their personnel
among fighter squadrons following the necessary
conversion training. One of the Geschwader units
affected by this change was KG 6. The unit was
redesignated as KG(J) 6 and was re-equipped
with the Bf 109G-10s and K-4s. Training was
undertaken at Prague-Kbely, Prague-Ruzyně
and also at Klecany airfields. On March 31,
KG(J) 6 aircraft fought against 309th FS/31st
FG Mustangs over Prague. The resulting heavy
losses led to the disbandment of the unit a few
days later, on April 9. This aircraft, manufactured
at the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, was
abandoned at Kbely, probably due to irreparable
damage, where it was photographed after the
war. The KG(J) 6 ownership was indicated by the
red and black chessboard band on the rear part
of the fuselage.
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