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Stab/JG 88, Legion Condor, Spain, 1938
Germany, September 1939
I./JG 27, Innsbruck, Austria, 1941
The Legion Condor was an air combat unit
sent to assist Spanish nationalists during the
Spanish Civil War. The Bf 108 Taifun aircraft were
serving with J/88 headquarters command and
used for courier, observation, and liaison flights.
The Bf 108s delivered to the Legion Condor flew
in Spanish skies from July 1937 to May 1939, with
10 to 15 aircraft deployed there. All surfaces
were painted RLM 63. White wing tips, a white
rudder with a black cross, black circles on the
fuselage, and black circles with a white cross on
the wings were the markings of the Nationalist
aircraft.
The German pre-war colors were used to
camouflage this Taifun. The upper surfaces were
painted RLM 61, RLM, 62 and RLM 63 colors, the
undersides were in RLM 65. The camouflage
was probably painted over the original factory
colors thus the stenciling is not apparent on
contemporary photos.
The depicted Taifun served as a courier plane of
the I./JG 27 and is portrayed here as it has been
photographed on the Innsbruck air base in 1941.
Fighter units commonly used this type for their
courier, liaison and conditional flights. The plane
had a standard camouflage scheme composed of
fields of RLM 70/71 colors on the upper surfaces
and RLM 65 on the undersides of the wing.
Matriculation TI+EY was supplemented with the
emblem of the I. Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 27
on both sides of the nose section.
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INFO Eduard
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September 2025