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Bf 109G-6/AS/U2, WNr. 412807, Uffz. Heinz Zimmermann, 6./JG 27,
Fels am Wagram, Austria, July 1944
Bf 109G-6/AS, Hptm. Friedrich-Karl Müller, CO of 1./NJGr. 10, Werneuchen,
Germany, July 1944
In the beginning of April 1944, first Bf 109G-6/AS
aircraft were delivered to JG 1, JG 5 and JG 11
units, the following month several aircraft were
delivered to JG 3 and also to JG 27, at that time
based at the Fels am Wagram airport in Austria.
Yellow 2 was camouflaged in RLM 74/75/76
colors sporting the Reich Defense marking of the
aircraft serving with JG 27, i.e., green band around
the rear fuselage. Irregular stripes of RLM 74
were applied on the engine cowling sides at the
unit. There is a FuG 16 system antenna mounted
at the bottom of the fuselage. The aircraft had red
undercarriage legs, which indicated it was using
the 96octane fuel.
Friedrich-Karl Müller, the future Knight’s
Cross recipient and the ace with thirty night
victories over the enemy aircraft, was born on
December 4, 1912, in Sulzbach, Saarland. In 1934
he completed his pilot training and got the job
with Lufthansa. After the outbreak of World War
II, he was transferred to the Luftwaffe. Initially,
he was flying as a transport pilot, later as an
instrument flying instructor. In December 1942,
he was assigned to KG 50 flying with He 177s
and in the summer of the following year he
responded to Hajo Hermann call and requested
the reassignment to JG 300 famous for its Wilde
Sau (single-engine fighter night interception
without airborne radar guidance) tactics. While
serving with this unit, Müller was credited with
19 victories and in January 1944 he was ordered to
form 1./NJGr. 10. In August 1944, he was promoted
to command I./NJG 11 and was leading this unit
until the end of World War II. He passed away on
November 2, 1987. The bottom surfaces and part
of sides were painted black to better suit night
conditions. The red band around rear fuselage
indicated the original operator of this aircraft
within the Reich Defense system was JG 300.
The kill marks were painted on left side of
the rudder in the form of the twenty-three
stripes with cockades appropriate to the victim
nationality and date of the victory.
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