Aircraft abandoned by JGr. 200

Type

Werk Nr.

Markings

Place

Remarks

Bf 109 G-6

26106

red 8

Aix-Les Milles

former marking "2" overpainted.

Bf 109 G-6/U4

162221

 

Valence-La Trésorerie

DB 605 A-1, W.Nr. 01101084. Fuselage markings not available; spinner white, black spiral. 2 x MG 131 over engine, 1 x MK 108 through boss; bracket for FuG 25 identified. Remainder ashes and molten metal.

Bf 109 G-6

162344

 

Valence-La Trésorerie

DB 605 A-1 trop. W.Nr. 01104249 from nameplate recovered. No markings available; "spinner white, overpainted white spiral" [sic]. 1 x MG 151 through boss, 2 x MG 131 over engine.

ValenceBf1091

ValenceBf1092 

One of the two JGr. 200 Bf 109s found by Americans troops at Valence-la-Trésorerie
(preview images from a 3-minute film available from Critical Past)

Bf 109 G-6

162770

 

Aix-Les Milles

 

Bf 109 G-6

163231

yellow 1

Avignon

crash-landed 30.07.44; carried WGr. 21 mortars; aircraft under repair with wings removed.

Bf 109 G-6

163704

red 12

Nîmes-Courbessac

fuselage only; Werk Nr. on fin but fuselage also found at Orange-Caritat with 163704 on data plate, suggesting that the tail of one aircraft had been fitted to the fuselage of another.

Bf 109 G-6/U4 trop.

411740

 

Aix-Les Milles

Werk Nr. 411740 on fin but 163349 on data plate.

 

Note:

Werk Nummer 163349 was reported as 15% damaged on 02.08.44: tail assembly substituted from another machine?

 

Bf 109 G-6/U4

440267

white 15

Aix-Les Milles

force-landed on 25.06.44; black outline to marking; fuselage in two pieces.

Bf 109 G-6/U4

440665

 

Aix-Les Milles

 

Bf 109 G-6/U4 trop.

440666

white 10

Aix-Les Milles

black outline to marking; black/white spiral on spinner.

Bf 109 G-6/U4

440927

 

Aix-Les Milles

 

Bf 109 G-6

441303

 

Aix-Les Milles

shot down on 25.06.44; aircraft badly burnt.

Bf 109 G-6/U4

441308

 

Aix-Les Milles

completely burnt out except for tail unit.

Bf 109 G-6/U4

441321

white 4

Salon railway station

black outline to marking; force-landed 24.07, sand and salt water corrosion.

Where camouflage is mentioned, it is described as grey and duck-egg (or eggshell) blue; tactical markings are "normal size"; fuselage crosses without an outline; fuel triangles are for 87 octane. Sub-types are as recorded, probably from fuselage plates or cockpit record cards. Field Intelligence Teams do not seem generally to have made deductions from Werk Nummer series, e.g that 163704 was a G-6 or that 441303 was a G-6/U4.

Aircraft not accounted for

The following aircraft were mentioned in strength returns but are not among known combat losses or machines abandoned on the Gruppe's airfields.

Bf 109 G-6

163472

u/s evening 02.08.44

Bf 109 G-6

163552

allocated to JGr. 200 from JG 27 on 05.08.44

 

Note:

On 26.07.44, III./JG 27 had advised the Geschwader's Technical Officer that the Gruppe was unable to collect this machine, which was ready at the Étampes-Mondesir workshop.

 

 

 

Bf 109 G-6

411785

u/s evening 05.08.44

Bf 109 G-6

412523

u/s evening 05.08.44

Bf 109 G-6

440646

u/s evening 02.08.44

Bf 109 G-6

441134

u/s evening 02.08.44

Bf 109 G-6/U4

441752

to strength 29.07.44

Bf 109 G-6/U4

441754

to strength 29.07.44

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