Messerschmitt Bf 109E JG2.3 (Y14+) Lt. Franz Fiby France July 1940

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Profile 00:Leutnant Franz Fiby's Bf 109E-4 'Yellow 14' of 3./JG2 with an upper surface scheme that is believed to have been 02/71 with heavy mottling of 71 on the fuselage sides and tail. Note how the broad white areas of the Balkenkreuz have had their visibility reduced by being overpainted with the fuselage mottling, making the cross appear reminiscent of the earlier style of Balkenkreuz although the thin outer black borders are still faintly visible. Also carried are the JG2 'Richthofen' shield beneath the windscreen and on the cowling, the blue and yellow 3.Staffel 'Horrido' pennant which would later be adopted by Helmut Wick as his personal emblem.

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Photo 01:Franz Fiby's Bf109E-4 of 3./JG2, 'Yellow 14', over France in July 1940, wearing a dark, heavily stippled camouflage on the fuselage sides. Close examination of the fuselage cross shows that its non-standard appearance and thin black borders have been created by the overpainting of the usually seen white segments of the cross.

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