I've been looking around at what kits are available of the 'E' model and come across this Hasegawa kit with markings for Galland. I was interested to see what c&m choice Hasegawa made but alas they weren't prepared to take a punt! They suggest it was either RLM 71/02/65 or 74/75/76.
If we look at RLM painting instructions LDv 521/1 dated 8 November 1941 we find the first official reference to the colours 74/75 and 76. Even if we assume the documentation lags behind their existence and use, it seems highly unlikely they would have been available in 1940.
Could W Nr 5819 have been repainted in 1941 with 74/75/76? If we look at the four core reference photos, taken during the first quarter of 1941, we see it has all of its stencils. This strongly suggests that the paint scheme is its original one and there has been no significant repainting. We know the time frame for these core reference photos by looking at the 60 kill bars on the aircraft and the existence of Galland's 'F' model 109. A further photo not provided here was taken at the same time as the four core reference photos that shows Galland's 'F' with '5819' in the background.
All this is pointing to RLM 71/02/65 as the aircraft's basic colour scheme.
more to come later.......
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