Focke Wulf Fw-190A JG2.8 (B14+I) $Rudi Erler W.Nr 346 Coquelles, France 1942 01
Photo 01: Believed to have been taken at Coquelles in the early Summer of 1942, the fuselage sides of ' Black 14', an Fw-190A-2 of 8./JG2, show patches of darker paint, probably where the Stammkennzeichen has been overpainted. When first received by the unit in March 1942, this machine, WNr. 346, was flown by Ofw. Rudi Erler but was later passed on to Ofw. Erwin Phillip who was posted missing in this aircraft on 9 October 1942 when engine trouble forced him to make a fatal emergency landing in the sea. The loss report lists the machine as an A-3.
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