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Bf 109G-5/U2/R3, W.Nr. 15564, 2./JG 25, Gardelegen, Germany, August 1943
Bf 109G-5/U2/R3, 3./JG 300, Bad-Wörishofen, Germany, July-August 1944
On July 1, 1943, Jagdgeschwader Nord was
established in Staaken near Berlin. On August
14, 1943, the unit moved to Gardelegen, where
it was redesignated JG 25 on August 15, 1943.
JG 25’s mission was to intercept the RAF’s twin-
engine Mosquitos. The commander of JG 25 was
Obstlt. Herbert Ihlefeld. The unit was not very
successful, recording only two Mosquito kills,
while nine JG 25 aircraft were shot down and
five were lost on the ground during air raids.
JG 25 was disbanded in December 1943, and
2./JG 25 was reassigned to Jagdstaffel Erla.
JG 25 aircraft were marked with capital letters.
The Black K aircraft had a smaller cross on the
fuselage, shifted one bulkhead closer to the
cockpit. It had a yellow stripe running around
the entire circumference of the fuselage in front
of the tail surfaces.
The Bf 109G-5 aircraft were manufactured at
the Erla factory, and were all equipped with
a pressurized cockpit, which is why they always
had a small bulge on the right side of the engine
cowling, beneath the larger bulges covering
the fuselage gun breeches.. This Bf 109G-5 was
camouflaged on the upper surfaces in RLM 76
with stripes in RLM 74 or RLM 75. The lower
surfaces were painted black (RLM 22). Based
on the yellow color of the aircraft’s number, this
was an aircraft from the 3rd Staffel; during the
Reich Defense period, aircraft of JG 300 bore
a red stripe on the fuselage in front of the tail
surfaces. The propeller spinners were also
painted in the Staffel colors; the color appeared
either as a stripe, as on this aircraft, or covering
the entire front section of the cone.
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Bf 109G-5/U2/R3, W.Nr. 15564, 2./JG 25, Gardelegen, Germany, August 1943

STAVEBNICE 10/2026

On July 1, 1943, Jagdgeschwader Nord was established in Staaken near Berlin. On August 14, 1943, the unit moved to Gardelegen, where it was redesignated JG 25 on August 15, 1943. JG 25’s mission was to intercept the RAF’s twinengine Mosquitos. The commander of JG 25 was Obstlt. Herbert Ihlefeld. The unit was not very

successful, recording only two Mosquito kills, while nine JG 25 aircraft were shot down and five were lost on the ground during air raids. JG 25 was disbanded in December 1943, and 2./JG 25 was reassigned to Jagdstaffel Erla. JG 25 aircraft were marked with capital letters. The Black K aircraft had a smaller cross on the

fuselage, shifted one bulkhead closer to the cockpit. It had a yellow stripe running around the entire circumference of the fuselage in front of the tail surfaces.

Bf 109G-5/U2/R3, 3./JG 300, Bad-Wörishofen, Germany, July-August 1944

The Bf 109G-5 aircraft were manufactured at the Erla factory, and were all equipped with a pressurized cockpit, which is why they always had a small bulge on the right side of the engine cowling, beneath the larger bulges covering the fuselage gun breeches.. This Bf 109G-5 was

camouflaged on the upper surfaces in RLM 76 with stripes in RLM 74 or RLM 75. The lower surfaces were painted black (RLM 22). Based on the yellow color of the aircraft’s number, this was an aircraft from the 3rd Staffel; during the Reich Defense period, aircraft of JG 300 bore

a red stripe on the fuselage in front of the tail surfaces. The propeller spinners were also painted in the Staffel colors; the color appeared either as a stripe, as on this aircraft, or covering the entire front section of the cone.

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