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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109V-4 = Me109A-1 (6o3) - Page 122

V-4 B-Prototype & (6o3)

The Following 5 Photos Are of the Same Aircraft. The Me109V-4 B-Prototype (D-IALY) WNr.0878 Is Shown in the 3 Photos
On the Left in Germany Which Becomes the Legion Condor Me109A-1 V/J88 WNr.0878 1st (6o3) After Arrival in Spain and then Later
the Aircraft Has Become a Member of 2./J88 Because the 2./J88 Staffel Top Hat Emblem Is Shown On the Aircraft in the
Right 2 Photos. After the Crash of the Me109A-1 V/J88 1st (6o1) Aircraft, The Me109A-1 2./J88 (6o3) WNr.0878Aircraft Becomes
the Replacement for 2nd (6o1) in the Legion Condor. After the Re-naming to (6o1), Another Aircraft Me109A-1 (D-ITGE) WNr.0833
Then Becomes Me109A-1 V/J88 2nd (6o3) WNr.0833 & Then Finally Me109A-1 2.J88 (6o3) WNr.0833.

Me109-V4, Later A-1 V-4 B-Prototype
(D-IALY) WNr.0878
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Me109-V4 B-Prototype (D-IALY) WNr.0878 Fitted with Schwarz Wooden Propeller Instead of Planned VDM Variable Pitch Propeller & Jumo210Da & Armed with Three MG17s & 1st Becomes V/J88 (6o3), Then Later Flew As 2./J88 2nd (6o1) In Spain February 27, 1937 Photo in Germany December 1936
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
1st (6o3) (D-IALY) WNr.0878
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor 1st (6o3) Is A-1 = V4 B-Prototype (D-IALY) WNr.0878 with 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem & Schwarz Wooden Propeller Flown By Oberleutnant Henning (Hennig) Strumpell At Herrera de Pisuerga Airfield, Palencia, Spain Early 1937 Later = 2./J88 2nd (6o1) On February 27, 1937
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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109A-1

2./Jagdgruppe 88

Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o4)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o4) 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem with Schwarz Wooden Propeller Flown By Unteroffizier Guido Honess In Spain Later KIA At Brunete, Spain July 12, 1937
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o6)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o6) 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem Flown By Feldwebel Herbert Ihlefeld In Cockpit Following 6th Victory(I-15) Spain June 25, 1938
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o6)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o6) with Schwarz Wooden Propeller Flown By Feldwebel Herbert lhlefeld Early 1938, Later In 3./J88 Flown By Leutnant Franz 'Fritz' Jaenisch Who Lost Aircraft In Crash Landing Spain July 25, 1938
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o7)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o7) 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem & Schwarz Wooden Propeller & Sun-Protection Wheel Covers Flown By Feldwebel Norbert Fliegel At La Albericia Airfield, Spain August 1937, Later Crashed On Landing At Same Place September 1937
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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109B-1

2./Jagdgruppe 88

Me109B-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o7)
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Me109B-1 2.J88 Legion Condor (6o7) with VDM Variable Pitch Propeller Upgrade & Small Shield On Bottom of Spinner Flown By Leutnant Walter 'Gulle' Oesau with 7 Tail Fin Victory Marks Spain Fall 1938
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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109A-1

V/Jagdgruppe 88

Me109A-1 Legion Condor V/J88
(6o10)
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Me10A-1 V/J88 Legion Condor (6o10) Flown By Unteroffizier Reinhard Mratzek with Schwarz Wooden Propeller Spain March, 1937
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor V/J88
(6o10) & (6o14)
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Me109A-1 V/J88 Legion Condor (6o10) Flown By Unteroffizier Reinhard Mratzek & (6o14) Flown By Unteroffizier Haarbach Later Shot Down July 18, 1937 Both Aircraft with Schwarz Wooden Propellers Spain March, 1937
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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109B-1

2./Jagdgruppe 88

Me109B-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o10)
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Me109B-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o10) Me109A-1 with VDM Variable-Pitch Propeller Upgrade Previously Flown By 2nd-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Gunter 'Franzl' Lutzow with Aircraft Later Named 'ALTERTUM'='Antiquity' For Spanish AirForce Turnover In Spain
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Me109B-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o10)
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Me109B-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o10) Me109A-1 with VDM Variable-Pitch Propeller Upgrade Previous Pilot Was 2nd-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Gunther 'Franzl' Lutzow That Did Not Have 15 Rudder Victories On This Aircraft That Appeared For Spanish Airforce Turnover In Spain
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Me109B-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o10)
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Me109B-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o10) 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem Flown By 2nd-Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Gunther 'Franzl' Lutzow with A-1 Model Upgraded to VDM Variable Pitch Propeller & Shot Down 1st 109 Kill On April 6, 1937; Photo At Vitoria Airfield, Spain April 7, 1937
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Legion Condor, Spain Messerschmitt 109A-1

2./Jagdgruppe 88

Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o11)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o11) 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblem with Schwarz Wooden Propeller Flown By Feldwebel Adolf-Johann Buhl Spain 1937
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o12) (D-IJFY) WNr.1005
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o12) (D-IJFY) WNr.1005 with Schwarz Wooden Propeller & Sun Protection Wheel Covers Flown By Unteroffizier Hermann Stange Later Crash Landed At Santander-West, Spain September, 1937
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Me109A-1 Legion Condor 2./J88
(6o16) & (6o12)
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Me109A-1 2./J88 Legion Condor (6o16) [Later Joins 3./J88] & (6o12) (D-IJFY) WNr.1005 Flown By Unteroffizier Hermann Stange, Both Aircraft with 2nd-Staffel Black Top Hat Emblems & Schwarz Wooden Propellers At Burgos, Spain 1937
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