My colorized photos

[Pilot]

The cap is a Netzkopfhaube LkpN101 means net/mesh radio cap. The cap is definitely WW 2 German. The plane is a Me109 ( F or G version) ..guess the pilot is a Luftwaffe-allied pilot ( not Luftwaffe) . The shoulder boards are not German...maybe Hungarian or Romanian IMHO.

 

[ausreenactor]

Ack.. Certainly not Luftwaffe!

 

[Pilot]

Ack.. Certainly not Luftwaffe!

Not Luftwaffe, sure, but allied of the Luftwaffe....flying with the Luftwaffe but in their own planes with their markings.

 

[ausreenactor]

Will move to the reference library..

 

[ausreenactor]

Looks like a Finnish Sergeant? Crossed insignia on the shoulders. Romanian Air Force is mini eagles like the Luftwaffe sleeve rank and Hungarian uses a bold, thick V with thick or thin lines underneath it...

 

[KariJ]

What is the shoulder rank? Finnish? Spanish Civil War?

Ranks are definetly not Finnish nor that face

 

[Greg Gale]

It turned out he's a Romanian ace with 8 victories, called Liviu Muresan.

 

[ausreenactor]

Great work, thanks Greg!

 

[Pilot]

Looks like a Finnish Sergeant? Crossed insignia on the shoulders. Romanian Air Force is mini eagles like the Luftwaffe sleeve rank and Hungarian uses a bold, thick V with thick or thin lines underneath it...

Luftwaffe : mini eagle sleeve ranks?

 

[ausreenactor]

The field ranks... On the channel jackets and smocks etc...

Eagles and lines..

 

[Pilot]

The field ranks... On the channel jackets and smocks etc...

Eagles and lines..

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Yes agree... but the Luftwaffe sleeve wings are not mini...( sorry this confused me)...
They are almost 3” in width.
All good.

 

[ausreenactor]

Romanian Air Force is mini eagles like the Luftwaffe sleeve rank and Hungarian uses a bold, thick V with thick or thin lines underneath it...

Never said Luftwaffe sleeve wings were mini? Romanian Air Force = 'mini eagles'. Luftwaffe = "sleeve rank".

 

[Pilot]

Never said Luftwaffe sleeve wings were mini? Romanian Air Force = 'mini eagles'. Luftwaffe = "sleeve rank".

Apologies, I misread it.

 

[ausreenactor]

No Wuckers!

 

[B-Man2]

No Wuckers!

Couchy
Help me out here..... Wuckers???

 

[ausreenactor]

No Wucking Forries.

Straya mate!

 

[Greg Gale]

 

[B-Man2]

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Greg
You absolutely nailed the colors on this one.
I think this is one of your best works to date.

 

[KariJ]

That dull shade of mil painting is just. It would also be nice to know the angle of sun (also maybe lat and lng) because it tells a lot of shades and shadows in pictures. I would guess this area should be somewhere close to equator and taken abt 1157-1200 hours local time (shadow on wheels)

 

[Greg Gale]

A JG3 109E after belly landing in France in early 1940:

Albert Ball in the cockpit of his modified SE5, 56 sqn RFC:

Capt. Don Willis:

Mustangs of the 486th FS at Y-29, Belgium in January 1945: