Second part of this series will detail the information on aircraft found on the airports in the Olbia area.
In the list wreckage is listed as being located in three places:
The aircraft remains located at Posiana - Ettore was a Bf 109G-6, from III./JG 77 - given away by the fact that it carried the well known crest with a wolfs head and the motto Wanderzirkus Ubben. The aircraft was dismantled for shipping, and the markings as given by the document was apparently 1 + X painted over J + X. My theory is that the tactical marking on the aircraft was '1', and that the J and X are the remains of the Stammkennzeichen.
In my opinion this is the remains of Bf 109G-6, WNr 18254, where the J + X refer to the remains of the Stammkennzeichen SO + JX, but in the report referring to the underwing markings which would read S + O on one wing and J + X on the other wing.
I have not been able to tie this bird with 100% certainty to the III./JG 77 during their stay at Sardinia - but there is one loss which could be referring to this - obviously with an incomplete WNr 1825:
http://www.aviationhistory.no/ref_db/lw_loss_public.asp?lossid=126146
I have not been able to locate a loss record for WNr 18254, I would just love it if someone came up with a comment to this post which was relevant to solving this!
More to follow on the other airframes in the Olbia area later this week...
In the list wreckage is listed as being located in three places:
- On the airfield Vena-Fiorita, which should be the current Aeroporto di Olbia Venafiorita
- In a location called Posiana - Ettore - I wonder if this is on the street Via Ettore Pais between Spiaggia Bianca and Golfo Aranci - maybe some Italian friends can help us out here?
- The third location is just stated as in the vicinity of Olbia.
The aircraft remains located at Posiana - Ettore was a Bf 109G-6, from III./JG 77 - given away by the fact that it carried the well known crest with a wolfs head and the motto Wanderzirkus Ubben. The aircraft was dismantled for shipping, and the markings as given by the document was apparently 1 + X painted over J + X. My theory is that the tactical marking on the aircraft was '1', and that the J and X are the remains of the Stammkennzeichen.
In my opinion this is the remains of Bf 109G-6, WNr 18254, where the J + X refer to the remains of the Stammkennzeichen SO + JX, but in the report referring to the underwing markings which would read S + O on one wing and J + X on the other wing.
I have not been able to tie this bird with 100% certainty to the III./JG 77 during their stay at Sardinia - but there is one loss which could be referring to this - obviously with an incomplete WNr 1825:
http://www.aviationhistory.no/ref_db/lw_loss_public.asp?lossid=126146
I have not been able to locate a loss record for WNr 18254, I would just love it if someone came up with a comment to this post which was relevant to solving this!
More to follow on the other airframes in the Olbia area later this week...
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