Saturday 15 June 2024

wilde Sau Gustav - ebay photo find # 374

 



Possibly one of the most interesting schemes to have been seen on a III./ JG 300 wilde Sau nightfighter. This III./ JG 11 Gustav 'white 1' flown by the StaKa of 7. Staffel - with its black/white undersurfaces and white tail - was one of those loaned by III./ JG 11 to the new III./JG 300 at Oldenburg during late 1943 for wilde Sau sorties. The Staffelkapitän 7./ JG 11 was Hugo Frey - there were 18 Abschussbalken on its white empennage at the time of the image. Not 'new' by any means - similar images were also published of course in the Prien/Rodeike history of JG 1/JG 11 and came from the personal album of 7./JG 11 pilot Zick. Last seen on ebay in 2016 and sold then for hundreds of euros! oh dear...