Menelaos Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I'm wondering if the Lwf in Africa ever flown the A1??? could any "Experte" help?? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Earliest mark to be used in Africa appears to be the A4/Trop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesekiel Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 They used the A1 in Africa.. This is a photo of my uncles plane. A1 of IV. (Erg.Gruppe) /KG54 1942 at el Quasabar B3+EX I have enlarged the plane a little. So you can see clearly that it is a A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 How cool is that?! Thanks for posting the pic. Do you know what colours the camo was in, as it doesn't look like desert ones (to me)? Kind regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menelaos Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Danke!! TNX!! any infos about the camo? I see that the 88 at the foto has the european camo... did they use the desert camo as well? Viele Grüße aus ...Kiel! ;-) cheers Menelaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesekiel Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I´m searching for the correct camo too Unfortunately my uncle is dead and i can´t ask him about that.. But i think it is the "Standard Camo". i "blowed up" the picture as big as i could and nothing "special" in paining to find. My other photos are showing a A4 (they are from the 8. Staffel because my uncle changed to this unit) the plane is wearing a dotted underside Camo in black and partially overpainting of the markings also in black. You also can found the "Flammenvernichter" on the exhausts.. The A1 looks in absolutely standard 70/71/65.. Please note the small "triangle band" un the fuselage behind the wings. This is painted in yellow and a "relic" from the Battle of Britain.... Here you see what i mean... Remenber this one is a A4! But she also show the the standard colour on the upper side.. Later the upperside was painted over in "Mäander-Camo".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I'm guessing this is still early in Africa, as the men are wearing "schiffen". Thanks for sharing, as these photos often are more informative than PK photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesekiel Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 The pictures are dated November 1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Surely that can't be an A-1 ?? With the stbd aileron slightly raised you can clearly see that it has the extended wing used on later versions. I thought all A-1s had the short wingspan. deecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkers88a1 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 i think its a A5.. but the A1`s was also used in africa..and the balkans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesekiel Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Thanks Guttorm! I was 100% sure it is a A1 and only the perspective makes the wing "longer" Sorry about that guys! Don´t want tell bulls..t ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkers88a1 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 the angle of the wing makes it hard to see.. ialso thought it was a A1 but when i looked closer i was convinced it was the A5 ( and that is just a modified A1..so you were almost correct.. LOL ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.valdez Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Also, the bulge below the engines indicate that this does not have the Jumo 211 B1 engine but a later Jumo 211D or G, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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