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Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG27.1 ferry flight Sicily to North Africa 1941 01
Photo 01: The fact that this Bf-109 is carrying an auxiliary fuel tank suggests the photograph was probably taken during the ferry flight from Sicily to North Africa.
Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG27.1 ferry flight Sicily to North Africa 1941 02 Photo 01: The Stabschwarm of I./JG27 operated a number of aircraft which carried confusingly similar markings. One aircraft, seen during a transfer flight from Gela to North Africa, was marked with a Stab chevron with another, smaller, chevron, rotated through 90 degrees within it thus .».This aircraft should not be confused with that flown by Oblt. Ludwig Franzisket, shown elsewhere, which was marked .» and on which the thickness of the white outline to the black markings was different.
Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG27.1 (+ Sicily to North Africa 1941 03 Photo 01: Three mechanics holding down the tail of a Bf-109E-7 from I./JG27 as it runs up its engine before taking off on the transfer flight from Sicily to Tripoli, April 1941.The aircraft carries the single chevron indicating that it was normally flown by the Gruppenadjutant.
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