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WWII German Aircraft Photographs - Fighters

Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) 'Pik As' Page 6

III.7./JG 53 Continued

Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53
White(3+I)
(SO+SF) WNr.18052
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53 White(3+I) (SO+SF) WNr.18052 Flown By Oberfeldwebel Gunther 'Hupatz' Seeger with 'Pik As' Stick Man Grabbing English Lion Personal Emblem in Sicily, Italy July, 1943
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53
White(9+I)
(SB+YW) WNr.18107
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53 White(9+I) (SB+YW) WNr.18107 with White Fuselage Band Flown By Unteroffizier Georg Amon with 'Seeman' Personal Emblem Painted By Unteroffizier Heinz Zach on Left Side At Sciacca, Sicily, Italy June, 1943
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53
White(9+I)
(SB+YW) WNr.18107
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53 White(9+I) (SB+YW) WNr.18107 with White Fuselage Band Flown By Unteroffizier Georg Amon with 'Seeman' Personal Emblem Painted By Unteroffizier Heinz Zach At Sciacca, Sicily, Italy June, 1943
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53
White(9+I)
(SB+YW) WNr.18107
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53 White(9+I) (SB+YW) WNr.18107 with White Fuselage Band Flown By Unteroffizier Georg Amon with 'Seeman' Personal Emblem Painted By Unteroffizier Heinz Zach At Sciacca, Sicily, Italy June, 1943
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53
White(9+I)
(SB+YW) WNr.18107
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Me109G-6/R3 III.7./JG 53 White(9+I) (SB+YW) WNr.18107 with White Fuselage Band Flown By Unteroffizier Georg Amon with 'Seeman' Personal Emblem Painted By Unteroffizier Heinz Zach At Sciacca, Sicily, Italy June, 1943
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Me109G-6/R3/R6 III.7./JG 53
White(2+I)
(KT+DV) WNr.16548
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Me109G-6/R3/R6 III.7./JG 53 White(2+I) (KT+DV) WNr.16548 with R6 MG151 20mm Cannon Wing Pods with 135 Rounds/Gun & 300-Liter Belly Tank Taxis Out For Takeoff At Reggio Emilia, Italy Fall 1943
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Me109G-6/R3/R6 III.7./JG 53
White(4+I)
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Me109G-6/R3/R6 III.7./JG 53 White(4+I) JG 53 Geschwader Black Spade (Pik-As) Emblem Flown By Feldwebel Franz Leuffen Sitting On Wing & Unteroffizier Otto Kleinert In Cockpit Note: Large Oil Leaking Onto Belly Tank & Ground At Reggio Emilia, Italy November, 1943
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III.8./JG 53

Me109E-3 III.8./JG 53
Black(3+I)
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Me109E-3 III.8./JG 53 Black(3+I) Note: Red Band On Nose to Hide 'Pik As' Emblem Due to 8th-Staffelkapitan Oberstleutnant Hans Jurgen von Cramon Falling Out of Luftwaffe Favor Near La Villiaze On Guernsey In the Channel Islands July, 1940
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Me109E-3 III.8./JG 53
Black(7+I)
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Me109E-3 III.8./JG 53 Black(7+I) Armorers Loading Nose MG17 7.92mm Ammunition Canisters France 1940
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Me109G-2 III.8./JG 53
Red(6+I)
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Me109G-2 III.8./JG 53 Red(6+I) & Others At Comiso, Sicily, Italy 1942
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Me109G-6 III.8./JG 53
Black(.+I)
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Me109G-6 III.8./JG 53 Black(.+I) III-Gruppe Aircraft Taxiing For Takeoff
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Me109G-6 III.8./JG 53
Black(.+I)
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Me109G-6 III.8./JG 53 Black(.+I) III-Gruppe Aircraft Taxiing For Takeoff
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Me109G-6/Trop III.8./JG 53
Black(16+I)
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Me109G-6/Trop III.8./JG 53 Black(16+I) Taxiing For Takeoff For Escort of FW190 SG 4 Ground Attack Missions Or Free Jagd Missions Near Anzio & Cassino Italy February, 1943
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III.9./JG 53

Me109F-3/Trop III.9./JG 53
Yellow(.+I)
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Me109F-3/Trop III.9./JG 53 Yellow(.+I) JG 53 Geschwader Black Spade (Pik-As) Emblem
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Me109F-3/Trop III.9./JG 53
Yellow(.+I)
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Me109F-3/Trop III.9./JG 53 Yellow(.+I) JG 53 Geschwader Black Spade (Pik-As) Emblem
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Me109G-6/R3/W III.9./JG 53
Yellow(15+I) WNr.161948
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Me109G-6/R3/W III.9./JG 53 Yellow(15+I) WNr.161948 Flown By Leutnant Fritz R.G. Muller with Two 21cm Werfergranate (WGr21) Rocket Mortar Launchers At Bad Lippspringe, Germany Early 1944
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III.12.JG53 (After August 15, 1944)

Me109G-14 III.12./JG 53
Blue 4 WNr.462789
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Me109G-14 III.12./JG 53 Blue 4 WNr.462789 Supported German Troops On West Bank of Rhine River During Operation Bodenplatte At Kirrlach, Germany January 13, 1945
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IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53

Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53
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Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53 Loading SC50 50Kg Bombs with Whistles Using Improvised Bomb Lift At San Pietro, Messina, Sicily, Italy March, 1942
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Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53
White 2 WNr.7488
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Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53 White 2 WNr.7488 10th-Jabo Staffel Black Bomb Striking Malta Emblem Near Tail Flown By Oberfeldwebel Gunter Franhofer At San Pietro, Messina, Sicily, Italy Later KIA Over Malta On April 4, 1942
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Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53
White 3 WrkN7473
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Me109F-4/B IV.10.(Jabo)/JG 53 White 3 WrkN7473 Flown By Unteroffizier Felix Sauer with SC250 250Kg Bomb to Be Dropped On Malta with Inscription 'With Best Wishes From 10.(Jabo)Staffel' France 1940
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IV.14.JG53 (After August 15, 1944)

Me109K-4 IV.14./JG 53
Black(15+~)
(VK+ZB) WNr.332579
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Me109K-4/R3 IV.14./JG 53 Black(15+~) (VK+ZB) WNr.332579 with White Spiral On Green (RLM82) Spinner & Black JG 53 Defense-of-the-Reich Fuselage Band At Holzkirchen, Germany April, 1945
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