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Messerschmitt Bf-110C Zerstörer NJG3.9 (D5+DT) Norway in 1942 00

Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf-110C-4 'DS+DT' of 9./NJG3, Trondheim-Vaernes, 1942. The camouflage on this machine was a semi-matt black overall but the engine cowlings show signs of fading. The propeller blades and spinners were green 70, and the fuselage code was in grey 77 but with the individual aircraft letter 'D' in yellow, the Staffel color, which was also applied to the tips of the spinners. Note the presentation of the shark's mouth which has retained the red outline and white teeth whereas the area inside the teeth has been overpainted with black.

Messerschmitt Bf-110C Zerstörer NJG3.9 (D5+DT) Norway in 1942 01

Photo’s 01-02: These two photographs showing a Bf-110C-4 of 9./NJG3 were clearly posed for the benefit of the camera and were apparently taken at Trondheim-Vaernes in Norway in 1942 when the aircraft, coded D5+DT was on detachment from its permanent station at Stade in northern Germany. The 9./NJG3 was formed in November 1941 from 6./ZG76 part of II./ZG76, the 'Haifisch' Gruppe - hence the shark's mouth design on the nose which has evidently been retained as a reminder of the earlier association.