Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG2.3 (+~ Oblt. Adolf Steidle France 1940

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 of Oblt. Adolf Steidle Adjutant of III./JG2.
The Bf-109E-3 of the Adjutant of III./JG2, Oblt. Adolf Steidle, which was lost on 11 August after crashing near Cherbourg following combat over the Channel with RAF fighters. Photo 1: Taken in France during June-July, this photograph shows the cowlings 7./JG2 Bf-109Es which have been removed prior to the application of the Staffel emblem. Designed by Ofw. Erwin Klee and Lt. Hans Schmidt, the emblem consisted of a thumb pressing down onto a top hat. Note the stencil for the emblem lying on top of the compressed air bottles and spraying equipment in the foreground. The Bf-109E in the background bearing the single large chevron is believed to be the aircraft in which the Gruppenadjutant of II.Gruppe, Oblt. Adolf Steidle, lost his life near Cherbourg on 11 August 1940.

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The Messerschmitt Bf-109E