Thursday, 1 March 2018

Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 15 270, formerly "gelbe 14", 6./JG 53, VX 101 captured Luftwaffe in colour





Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr. 15 270, formerly "gelbe 14", 6./JG 53, captured at Comiso, Sicily, summer 1943. Sent to RAF Collyweston, 4 February 1944 and flown as VX 101. Seen here on a tour of US fighter bases in East Anglia during the spring of 1944. Note finish was the standard RAF temperate day scheme of green and grey.  Lower surfaces were yellow - see colour images below


Flyable enemy aircraft were repainted in standard RAF upper surface colours as seen here on the Bf 109 VX101.

The Ju 88 is either A-5 EE205 or HM509 probably HM509, ex M2+MK. Both VX 101 and HM 509 were written off on 19 May 1944