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WWII German Aircraft Photographs - Fighters

Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77) 'Herz As' = 'Ace of Hearts' Page 4

II.5./JG 77

Me109E-1/B II.5./JG 77
Black(9+-)
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Me109E-1/B II.5./JG 77 Black(9+-) 5th-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem Greece Spring 1941
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Me109E-3/B II.5./JG 77
Black(8+-)
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Me109E-3/B II.5./JG 77 Black(8+-) Molaoi, Greece May, 1941
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II.6./JG 77

Me109G-6/Trop II.6./JG 77
Yellow(1+-)
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Me109G-6/Trop II.6./JG 77 Yellow(1+-) II-Gruppe Black Eagle Over Water Emblem Italy 1944
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III./JG 77

Me109G-6 III./JG 77
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Me109G-6 III./JG 77
III-Gruppe Red Heart On White Diamond with Yellow Border with Dashed Lines Emblem Checking Engine Oil During PreFlight Checks Spring 1943
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III.7./JG 77

Me109E-4 III.7./JG 77
White 11
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Me109E-4 III.7./JG 77 White 11 III-Gruppe Wolf Head On White Shield Emblem & ex-II.JG54 II-Gruppe Aspern(Vienna) Coat-of-Arms Black Panther Head Above White Cross On Red Emblem Arad, Romania May, 1941
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Me109E-5 III.7./JG 77
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Me109E-5 III.7./JG 77
III-Gruppe Wolf Head On White Shield Emblem Reconnaissance Aircraft with Rb21-18 Camera Mounted Under Fuselage Armorers Rearming Nose MG17 Machine Guns At Molaoi, Crete 1941
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Me109E-7 III.7./JG 77
White(2+~) (VG+CE) WNr.4931
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Me109E-7 III.7./JG 77 White(2+~) (VG+CE) WNr.4931 III-Gruppe Wolf Head On White Shield Emblem Flown By 7th-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Wolf-Dietrich Huy At Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece April, 1941
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Me109G-2/R6 III.7./JG 77
(PJ+CD) WNr.13633 White 1
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Me109G-2/R6 III.7./JG 77 (PJ+CD) WNr.13633 White 1 Flown By 7th-Staffelkapitan Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Huy with 39 Rudder Victory Marks & 8 Ships Sunk Photo Shows In Transit to North Africa October 25, 1942:
Later, Huy Shoots Down Only African Victory (Spitfire V) & Then, Gets Shot Down By Spitfires Same Day & POW Near El Alamein, Egypt October 28, 1942
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III.8./JG 77

The following 4 photos of Me109E-7 Black 10 , the mount of 5./JG 54 Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Hubert 'Hubs' Mutherich show a confusing set of Unit Emblems, involving II.5./JG 54 and III.8./JG 54 and III./JG 77. These three Unit emblems were added to the aircraft without deletion of previous Unit emblems as the aircraft moved through the three Units involved. The 4 photos now show the turnover of the JG 54 aircraft from the Balkan Campaign to III./JG77 as well as the aircraft of II.(S)/LG 2.

The II.5./JG 54 Staffel was previously included in the III./JG 54 Gruppe that was assigned to the Balkan Campaign at the beginning of April, 1941. This assignment shows why the III.8./JG54 Red Bird Emblem appears on the aircraft to be compatible with a Black Staffel of III./JG 54. Of course, Black 10 would already show the II./JG 54 Black Panther Emblem as well from service in II.5./JG 54.

Now, turned over to III./JG 77, the aircraft gets the JG 77 III-Gruppe Wolf Head on White Badge Shield Emblem as well.

The Balkan JG 54 Pilots, including Oberleutnant 'Hubs' Mutherich, go on with JG 54 to be refitted with Me109F-2s before transfer to the Eastern Front in Russia.
(reference: Avions magazine - 190, Page 14-15)

Me109E-7 III.8./JG 77
Black 10
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Me109E-7 III.8./JG 77 Black 10 Named 'Lilo' III-Gruppe Wolf Head On White Shield Emblem & ex-JG 54 II-Gruppe Aspern(Vienna) Coat-of-Arms Black Panther Head Above White Cross On Red Emblem & ex-III.8./JG 54 Red Bird Emblem Was Previously Flown By ex-II.5./JG 54 Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Hubert 'Hubs' Mutherich in Romania May, 1941
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Me109F-4 III.8./JG 77
Black 4
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Me109F-4 III.8./JG 77 Black 4 Flown By Leutnant Heinz 'Stoppel' Ludemann In Flight Over Crimea, Ukraine, Russia Summer 1942: Later, KIA By Air Combat with P-40 While Flying Me109G-2 Black 1 WNr.10819 North of Ksar Rhilane, Tunisia March 10, 1943
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Me109F-4 III.8./JG 77
Black 13 WNr.8282
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Me109F-4 III.8./JG 77 Black 13 WNr.8282 with 35 Rudder Victories Flown By 8th-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Kurt 'Kuddel' Ubben Being Handed Peaked Hat By Ground Crewman & Was Named III-Gruppe Commander At Sarabus, Russia September 5, 1941
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