Me109E
III./JG 52
Me109F-2
III./JG 52
Me109E-1/B
III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28
Me109E-1/B
III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28
Me109E-1/B
III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28
Me109E-1
III.7./JG 52
Me109E-4
III.7./JG 52
Me109 (F or G)
III.7./JG 52
Me109G-10/U4
II.7./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.8./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.8./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.8./JG 52
Me109F-2
III.8./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.9./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.9./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.9./JG 52
Me109E-1
III.9./JG 52
On June 15, 1942, While Leutnant Leopold Bazior Poldi 'Bazi' Steinmatz Was Flying
Me109F-4/R1 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(2+~) WNr.13357,
Me109E-3
III.9./JG 52
Me109E-3
III.9./JG 52
Me109E-4
III.9./JG 52
Me109F-4/Trop
III.9./JG 52
Me109F-4/Z
III.9./JG 52
Me109G-2
III.9./JG 52
Me109G-6
III.9./JG 52
Me109G-6
III.9./JG 52
Me109G-6
III.9./JG 52
Me109G-6
13.(Slow.)/JG 52
Me109G-6
13.(Slow.)/JG 52
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Me109E III./JG 52
III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem Romania Spring 1941
[928x1200]  (89K)
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Me109F-2 III./JG 52
III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem Ground Crew Replacing Left Wing & Checking Engine In Russia August, 1941
[1200x1120]  (193K)III.7./JG 52
White(5+~) & White(3+~)
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Me109E-1/B III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28 White(5+~) & White(3+~) with Yellow Nose & Yellow Rudder In LineUp & Note KLM Fokker & Lockheed Transports In Background At Kabaracie Airfield, Romania September, 1941
[799x456]  (58K)
White(5+~) & White(3+~)
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Me109E-1/B III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28 White(5+~) & White(3+~) with Yellow Nose & Yellow Rudder In LineUp & Note KLM Fokker & Lockheed Transports In Background At Kabaracie Airfield, Romania September, 1941
[900x617]  (79K)
White(5+~) & White(3+~)
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Me109E-1/B III.7./JG 52 ex-I.1./JG 28 White(5+~) & White(3+~) with Yellow Nose & Yellow Rudder In LineUp & Note KLM Fokker & Lockheed Transports In Background At Kabaracie Airfield, Romania September, 1941
[1188x694]  (90K)
White(16+~)
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Me109E-1 III.7./JG 52 White(16+~) III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem At Pipera Airfield, Bucharest, Romania September, 1941
[478x292]  (45K)
White(6+~)
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Me109E-4 III.7./JG 52 White(6+~) with Rearview Mirror Above Windscreen At Kabaracie, Romania After Return From Crete Campaign 2nd Week of June, 1941 to Be Replaced By Me109F-4s Before Operation Barbarossa
[772x451]  (72K)
White(5+~)
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Me109 (F or G) III.7./JG 52 White(5+~) III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem
[2036x1524]  (212K)II.7./JG 27 (After August 15, 1944)
Yellow(13+-) WNr.611943
Captured RAF Then USAAF
(T2-122/FE-122)
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Me109G-10/U4 II.7./JG 52 Yellow(13+-) WNr.611943 with MK108 30mm Nose Cannon Captured By RAF Then Given to USAAF (T2-122) or (FE-122) with D-Day Invasion Stripes Under Wings Being Worked On By RAF Mechanics of 1426 Squadron At Collyweston, Northamptonshire, UK 1945 Now On Display At Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA
[600x397]  (55K)
III.8./JG 52
Black(13+~) &
Black(9+~) &
Black(4+~)
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Me109E-1 III.8./JG 52 Black(13+~) & Black(9+~) & Black(4+~) Shortly Before Departure For Romania At Zerbst, Germany September, 1940
[1200x581]  (69K)
Black(13+~)
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Me109E-1 III.8./JG 52 Black(13+~) Shortly Before Departure For Romania At Zerbst, Germany September, 1940
[1198x613]  (87K)
Black(12+~) &
Black(2+~) &
Black(10+~)
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Me109E-1 III.8./JG 52 Black(12+~) with Rear-View Mirror & Black(2+~) & Black(10+~) with Armored Windscreens in Romania September, 1940
[1198x621]  (95K)
Black(4+~)
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Me109F-2 III.8./JG 52 Black(4+~) III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem Flown By Obergefreiter Friedrich Fritz Wachowiak At Mizil, Northeast of Bucharest, Near Black Sea Coast, Romania July 1941
[1200x533]  (82K)III.9./JG 52
Yellow(8+~)
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Me109E-1 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(8+~) III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem & with 60-Round MGFF 20mm Wing Cannons Flown By Feldwebel Leopold Bazior Poldi 'Bazi' Steinbatz Romania 1941, Later Hermann Graf's Wingman In Russia
[1434x997]  (156K)
Yellow(8+~)
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Me109E-1 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(8+~) III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem & Octane Triangle Specifies C3 Fuel = Aircraft Has DB601N Engine Flown By Feldwebel Leopold Bazior Poldi 'Bazi' Steinbatz After Leaving Crete Now Back In Romania 1941
[800x461]  (54K)
Yellow(8+~)
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Me109E-1 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(8+~) III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem & Octane Triangle Specifies C3 Fuel = Aircraft Has DB601N Engine Flown By Feldwebel Leopold Bazior Poldi 'Bazi' Steinbatz After Leaving Crete Now Back In Romania 1941
[1200x692]  (90K)
Yellow(9+~) & Yellow(10+~) &
Yellow(12+~)
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Me109-E1 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(9+~) & Yellow(10+~) & Yellow(12+~) At Pipera Airfield, Bucharest, Romania September, 1941
[900x572]  (87K)
He Had Shot Down 3 Russian Aircraft, BUT, Was Then Shot Down By Flak
& (MIA). Steinbatz Had 99 Total Victories, All in Russia.
Yellow(6+~) & Yellow(1+~)
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Me109E-3 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(6+~) & Yellow(1+~) with 60-Round MGFF 20mm Wing Cannons & Note Unusual Lattice Pattern Camouflage At Coquelles Airfield, Pas-de-Calais, France September, 1940
[900x651]  (90K)
Yellow(6+~) & Yellow(1+~)
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Me109E-3 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(6+~) & Yellow(1+~) with 60-Round MGFF 20mm Wing Cannons & Note Unusual Lattice Pattern Camouflage At Coquelles Airfield, Pas-de-Calais, France September, 1940
[1200x863]  (133K)
Yellow(1+~)
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Me109E-4 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(1+~) III-Gruppe Leaping Wolf Emblem & Yellow Spinner with Thin Black Base Ring Flown By 9th-Staffelkapitan Hauptmann Wilhelm Ensslen Taxiing At Coquelles Airfield, Pas-de-Calais, France July, 1940;
Before Ensslen Was Made III-Gruppe Commander July 25,1940
[1200x815] (92K)
Yellow(9+~) WNr.7219
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Me109F-4/Trop III.9./JG 52 Yellow(9+~) WNr.7219 III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem Flown By Feldwebel Alfred Grislawski Refueling Summer 1941
[981x643]  (64K)
Yellow(1+~) WNr.7420
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Me109F-4/Z III.9./JG 52 Yellow(1+~) WNr.7420 III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem Flown By 9th-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Hermann Anton Graf Next to Aircraft Talking to Enlisted Man Russia, Spring 1942
[1200x566]  (87K)
Yellow(11+~)
(PM+QO) WNr.13670
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Me109G-2 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(11+~) (PM+QO) WNr.13670 III-Gruppe Red Cross On White Diamond Emblem Flown By 9th-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Hermann Anton Graf Returning After 150th Victory to Tusov Airfield, Russia September 4, 1942
[800x352]  (45K)
Yellow(1+~) WNr.20499
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Me109G-6 III.9./JG 52 Yellow(1+~) WNr.20499 9th-Staffel Arrow Piercing Red Heart (Karaya) Emblem Flown By 9th-Staffelkapitan Leutnant Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann Who Got 121st Rudder Victory At Novo Zaporozhye, Russia October 2, 1943
[900x399]  (52K)
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Me109G-6 III.9./JG 52
9th-Staffel Arrow Piercing Red Heart (Karaya) Emblem Flown By Oberleutnant Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann Buzzing Airfield After 11 LaGG & P39 Victories in One Day to Pass 300 Total Victories At Warzyn, South of Warsaw, Poland August 24, 1944
[756x500]  (57K)
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Me109G-6 III.9./JG 52 Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann's Mechanic:
(Heinz 'Bimmel' Mertens) Taking Nap On Propeller in Russia
[800x338]  (45K)13.(Slow.)/JG 52
(NP+XV) WrkN161713 White 13
Slovak Insurgent Army
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Me109G-6 13.(Slow.)/JG 52 (NP+XV) WrkN161713 White 13 Captured & Used By Slovak Insurgent Army & Being Serviced & Main Armorer (Warrant Officer Karol Duben) Standing On Wing At Tri Duby (Three Oaks) Airfield, Slovakia September 7, 1944
[551x353]  (45K)
(NP+XV) WrkN161713 White 13
Slovak Insurgent Army
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Me109G-6 13.(Slow.)/JG 52 (NP+XV) WrkN161713 White 13 Captured & Used By Slovak Insurgent Army & Being Serviced & Main Armorer (Warrant Officer Karol Duben) Standing On Wing At Tri Duby (Three Oaks) Airfield, Slovakia September 7, 1944
[600x378]  (49K)