Sunday, January 2, 2011

More photos of W Nr 5819

Galland in 5819, of note is the mottling to the fuselage and the demarcation at the wing tip.

fuselage appears to have a faded camouflage however this is most likely a flaw in the printing and/or photo itself. What are the two 'dots' forward of the schlageter?

Nice closeup of the fuselage emblems together with mottling to the fuselage. The mickey mouse emblem appears to be different compared to the core reference photo. In this photo the football body is lighter than the surrounding fuselage suggesting it has been painted white or an off-white.
 taxing to take-off, again we see a mottled fuselage and a RLM 04 nose. This colour is more of an orange/yellow.
 close-up of cockpit and fuselage markings.
 Galland and friends enjoying some french wine!



 Rudder displaying 57 kill markings on a RLM 65 background with the remainder painted RLM 04. The circles above the bars record the date of the aerial victory as day, month  with two digit year underneath.
Here we see Galland and friends gathered around the rudder of 5819 showing 'only' 45 kills.

more to come....

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