Sitzbereitschaft ! More 3./ JG 11 Fw 190s

 

This image of Fw 190s of 3./JG 11 apparently at cockpit readiness in their dispersal at Husum during the summer of 1943 has been published on several occasions, most recently in the ultimate Luftwaffe fighters book "German fighters in the West" by Paul Stipdonk and Michael Meyer (JaPo, 2022).. However no-one AFAIK has taken the original image and 'blown it up' so that we can see more details of the machines in the background. 

Below;  a closer view of the three Fw 190s seen in the top left of the original pic. The 'Waffenmixer' (armourer) appears to be working on the cowl MGs of 'Yellow 14'  while pilots are at readiness in 'Yellow 12' and 'Yellow 5' which features a Schwarm leader's red 'Vee' stripe..Thanks once again  to Delmar for image manipulation!

I sent the 'enlargement' to Claes Sundin  -  and was thrilled that he wanted and was able to produce some exclusive artwork for the blog. His comments on these machines follows. Click on the image to view large.

'Yellow 12' is a Fw 190 A-5/U12 with the underwing cannon packs - just visible - usually flown by Oblt. Hans Pancritius.  'Yellow 14' was probably flown by Lt. Heinz Hanke. Unfortunately the name of the Staffel leader who flew in 'Yellow 5' with the red 'Vee' is not known. Note the rather large and 'compressed' numerals on the fuselages of these 3./JG 11 machines and the Staffel emblem on the cowl. Click on the image to view large..

Claes Sundin's Centura Publishing book shop for Luftwaffe profile books and prints is here