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Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG27.1 (W3+) North Africa Feb 1942 01

Photo 01: The early desert camouflage carried by the machines of I./JG27, shown in this photograph of 'White 3' flying over a flat, sandy area dotted with camel-thorn bushes, was very effective. Aircraft arriving later in North Africa were camouflaged on their uppersurfaces only in an overall sand color and lacked the green mottles. This applied to some Bf-109Es and certainly all Bf-109Fs operating in North Africa.