18.01.2013

The mysterious Bf 109 of II.(T)/186 'Rote Erde'

This photograph has intrigued and interested me and other researchers for some time.

Bf 109 with 'Rote Erde' slogan
We know that the photograph was taken at Værnes airfield north of Trondheim in 1940, during the period that the II.(T)/186 was stationed in Norway.

The stylisized Eagle shown over the crossed out national emblems of as I interpret them from left to right Poland, Czeckoslovakia, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands and France hints to the fact that it was taken after the Western campaign - the Great Britain insignia being the only one left uncrossed.

The individual code of this aircraft has never been established, but I know that there are several photographs taken at the airfield at about the same time, both overview photographs and more detailed ones.

It would be interesting if the community would be able to identify the individual code and maybe also the pilot from other photographs or written sources. 

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