Strana 52
W.Nr. 334xxx, 11./JG 27, Goslar, Germany, April 1945
W.Nr. 331413, 1./JG 4, Berlin-Schönefeld, Germany, February-March 1945
From October 1944 until the end of the war, the
CO of III./JG 27 was Austrian Hptm. Dr. Peter
Werfft (26 victories). In the same month, the unit
was reequipped with the Bf 109K-4. However,
from February onward, Werfft was temporarily
replaced in his commanding role by the
CO of 12./JG 27, Oblt. Emil Clade, who in the
final month of the war officially became
CO of I./JG 27. After the war, Clade worked
as an airline pilot, pursued sport flying, and
published his memoirs in 1996. While serving
with II./JG 27 in Africa, in August 1942, he shot
down an aircraft carrying the commander of
the British Eighth Army, Lt. Gen. W. H. E. Gott,
who was killed. Lt. Gen. Montgomery was
appointed to replace him. At the end of the war,
III./JG 27 was deployed in northern Germany.
„Yellow 1“ from 11./JG 27 was discovered by
advancing Allied forces in April 1945 at the
Goslar airbase in Germany, where the unit had
been stationed from March 29 to April 8, 1945.
It later operated from locations in Bohemia,
Bavaria, and Austria. From December 1944 until
the end of the war, 11. Staffel was led by Oblt.
Heinz-Günther Hennig, who had previously
commanded 2./JG 53 and 2./JG 102 and was
credited with two victories. The fuselage
camouflage in RLM 81/82 colors corresponds to
production series 334xxx.
The fighter unit 1./JG 4 was formed in August 1943
in Mizil (Romania) from 1./JG 77 to defend the oil
fields and platforms near Ploiești. After heavy
fighting with the 15th AF USAAF and a retreat
from Italy, 1./JG 4 was reorganized in Kassel
during the summer of 1944. It then engaged in
combat with escorting P-51s and P-47s from
the 8th AF and 9th AF USAAF. From November
1944 to January 1945, 1./JG 4 was stationed at
the Darmstadt-Griesheim airfield, from where it
participated in Operation Bodenplatte, suffering
heavy pilot losses. From February 1945, it was
based at Berlin-Schönefeld airfield, where
it was dissolved on March 19, 1945. The last
known commander of 1./JG 4 was Oblt. Alfred
Neumayer, who, after being injured on January
1, 1945, underwent recovery but, despite his
combat experience, was assigned to the infantry
after recuperation. Following infantry training in
Bohemia, he has been missing since April 1945.
„White 4“ sports a camouflage scheme in RLM
74/75/76 colors and displays usual features of
production series 331xxx. The white spiral has
black borders applied by mechanics of JG 4.
On the left side of the nose was the JG 4 insignia,
and on the right side, a depiction of a rooster.
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