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Bf 109G-5/R3/R6, W.Nr. 26082, Flg. Victor Widmaier, 7./JG 11, Oldenburg, Germany, October 1943
Bf 109G-5/R3, Lt. Ingomar Feldmann, 8./JG 54, Ludwigslust, Germany, February 1944
This aircraft was assigned to JG 11, but members
of JG 300 also flew it as part of the Wilde Sau
tactic. Note the black paint on the underside
of the right half of the wing. The camouflage
scheme was applied according to the pattern
used on the Bf 109G at the Erla factory in Leipzig.
Flg. Victor Widmaier scored his first victory with
this aircraft when he shot down a B-17 bomber
on October 2, 1943. By the end of 1943, he had
destroyed three more bombers of this type, and
in early January, he scored a P-38 kill. After
III./JG 11 was re-equipped with Fw 190s in
February, Widmaier scored a B-17 and a P-47
on February 10, but was himself hit by another
P-47, sustained injuries, and bailed out of his
aircraft. He landed about 200 meters from the
American P-47 pilot, who had also saved himself
by parachuting. That very evening, Widmaier
underwent surgery, and after just two weeks,
he insisted on returning to his unit. He learned
that the pilot he had shot down had been taken
prisoner. It was likely 20-year-old 2
nd
Lt. Merrill
W. De Merit, Jr., of the 361
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FG, 356
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FG, who was
on his fourth combat mission. Victor Widmaier
died in 2011.
From December 1943 to February 25, 1944,
8./JG 54 was stationed at a base near
Ludwigslust, northwest of Berlin in the direction
of Hamburg. This Bf 109G-5 was flown here by
Lt. Ingomar Feldmann. Due to increased air
activity by Allied bomber formations, Luftwaffe
pilots frequently rotated among operational
aircraft, and lower-ranking officers did not have
personal aircraft at their disposal. The Bf 109G-5
Black 11 bore the 8./JG 54 insignia on both sides
of the nose, with the III./JG 54 insignia beneath
the cockpit. On the fuselage in front of the tail
surfaces was a blue stripe, which marked JG 54
as part of the Reich Defense Forces. Lt. Ingomar
Feldmann was killed on February 10, 1944, while
flying a Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 20221, Black 6, when
he was shot down over Hannover in the area
of Lake Steinhuder. Today, the remains of his
Bf 109G-6 (primarily the damaged rear fuselage)
are part of the collection at the Shoreham
Aircraft Museum in Kent.
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Bf 109G-5/R3/R6, W.Nr. 26082, Flg. Victor Widmaier, 7./JG 11, Oldenburg, Germany, October 1943

This aircraft was assigned to JG 11, but members of JG 300 also flew it as part of the Wilde Sau tactic. Note the black paint on the underside of the right half of the wing. The camouflage scheme was applied according to the pattern used on the Bf 109G at the Erla factory in Leipzig. Flg. Victor Widmaier scored his first victory with this aircraft when he shot down a B-17 bomber on October 2, 1943. By the end of 1943, he had

destroyed three more bombers of this type, and in early January, he scored a P-38 kill. After III./JG 11 was re-equipped with Fw 190s in February, Widmaier scored a B-17 and a P-47 on February 10, but was himself hit by another P-47, sustained injuries, and bailed out of his aircraft. He landed about 200 meters from the American P-47 pilot, who had also saved himself by parachuting. That very evening, Widmaier

underwent surgery, and after just two weeks, he insisted on returning to his unit. He learned that the pilot he had shot down had been taken prisoner. It was likely 20-year-old 2 Lt. Merrill W. De Merit, Jr., of the 361 FG, 356 FG, who was on his fourth combat mission. Victor Widmaier died in 2011.

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Bf 109G-5/R3, Lt. Ingomar Feldmann, 8./JG 54, Ludwigslust, Germany, February 1944

From December 1943 to February 25, 1944, 8./JG 54 was stationed at a base near Ludwigslust, northwest of Berlin in the direction of Hamburg. This Bf 109G-5 was flown here by Lt. Ingomar Feldmann. Due to increased air activity by Allied bomber formations, Luftwaffe pilots frequently rotated among operational

aircraft, and lower-ranking officers did not have personal aircraft at their disposal. The Bf 109G-5 Black 11 bore the 8./JG 54 insignia on both sides of the nose, with the III./JG 54 insignia beneath the cockpit. On the fuselage in front of the tail surfaces was a blue stripe, which marked JG 54 as part of the Reich Defense Forces. Lt. Ingomar

Feldmann was killed on February 10, 1944, while flying a Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 20221, Black 6, when he was shot down over Hannover in the area of Lake Steinhuder. Today, the remains of his Bf 109G-6 (primarily the damaged rear fuselage) are part of the collection at the Shoreham Aircraft Museum in Kent.

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