This informal shot were taken when JG 52 was operating on the Eastern Front in 1943. Gerhard Barkhorn (left), Gruppenkommandeur II./JG 52 chats with Leutnant Karl-Heinz Plücker at Charkow-Rogan in Russia. Although Barkhorn had won the Eichenlaub for 120 victories by this time, he wears no decorations!
This informal shot were taken when JG 52 was operating on the Eastern Front in 1943. Gerhard Barkhorn (left), Gruppenkommandeur II./JG 52 chats with Leutnant Karl-Heinz Plücker at Charkow-Rogan in Russia. Although Barkhorn had won the Eichenlaub for 120 victories by this time, he wears no decorations!
Walter Horten of III./JG 26 in the cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 E "White 7". Note the faded condition of the temporary yellow paint on the forward part of the cowling
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Walter Horten of III./JG 26 in the cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 E "White 7"
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Seen here is Walter Horten, Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 26, in front of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 E. The aircraft has a camouflage scheme consisting of 71/02/65 with some lower areas repainted. Note the auxiliary fuel tank
Oberingenieur Rudolf Blaser on the wing of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 bearing the tactical marking < + I. This aircraft, Wernummer 20206, was flown by Oberfeldwebel Walter Grünlinger, wingman of the Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Josef Priller. Grünlinger had apparently just returned from a combat mission when this photograph was taken, and Blaser is seen explaining some technical aspects of the aircraft