Can you name the pilot?

Smoothie said:
thats Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland?
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As Smooty already guessed and Yossarian confirmed it is one of the modified F2 aircrafts flown by Galland.

I think this picture would have made it even more easy!

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When I did research for this repaint I was suprised that the aircraft did not have the JG26 markings. Some profiles show Mickey on both sides form the fuselage, but as you can see on the pictures below, Mickey was only painted on the left side of the fuselage.

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Cheers,
Huub
 
Well this is the last one for now. This ace survived the war and return to the family brewery after the war.

Can you name the pilot?

Success,
Huub

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You can't win them all Smoothy, but I guess when I had posted the screenie below you would have recognised the pilot.

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To images for the real aircraft. Joseph "Pips" Priller has become famous after the movie the Longest Day. Flying in a FW190 he was leading the only Luftwaffe attack on the invasion forces on the 6th of June. The whole flight consisted of 2 aircrafts; Priller and his wingman Wodarczyk.

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As said this is all for today. I'm working on another repaint and I can assure you this will be a though one!

Thanks for answering the question and I hope you enjoyed it. I have something as well, because I really didn't know the name of the Brewery!

Huub
 
yeah was tricky without the 'heart card' as i call it, that left me with nose yellow pattern and the 1, kinda like Ralls in a way.....
 
huub vink said:
As Smooty already guessed and Yossarian confirmed it is one of the modified F2 aircrafts flown by Galland.

I think this picture would have made it even more easy!

QA_3.jpg


When I did research for this repaint I was suprised that the aircraft did not have the JG26 markings. Some profiles show Mickey on both sides form the fuselage, but as you can see on the pictures below, Mickey was only painted on the left side of the fuselage.

A_3.jpg


A_3a.jpg


Cheers,
Huub
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Huub, this last picture only shows the fuselage in front of the spot where the Micky Mouse could have been. So this is no conclusive evidence!

:kilroy:

Cees
 
huub vink said:
... Joseph "Pips" Priller has become famous after the movie the Longest Day. Flying in a FW190 he was leading the only Luftwaffe attack on the invasion forces on the 6th of June. The whole flight consisted of 2 aircrafts; Priller and his wingman Wodarczyk.
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Haven't seen this movie for a while - didn't they take two Bf-108 Taifuns to simulate the 190s? (real airworthy Butchers must have been hard to get in 1962...)
 
Cees Donker said:
Huub, this last picture only shows the fuselage in front of the spot where the Micky Mouse could have been. So this is no conclusive evidence!

:kilroy:

Cees
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Cees,

Although I see your point I don't agree. The highest point in the wing root is located directly under the windscreen section of the canopy. Therefore the part of the fuselage closest to the camera is section at least until halfway the canopy. When Mickey was painted on this side of the fuselage as it is on the other side, you should have seen at least a foot or the legs from this Mickey.


Wild Bill Kelso said:
Haven't seen this movie for a while - didn't they take two Bf-108 Taifuns to simulate the 190s? (real airworthy Butchers must have been hard to get in 1962...)
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Wild Bill,

In the movie they used two Taifuns, however when they show Heinz Reincke as Joseph "Pips" Priller in his "finest hour" in close up you see a weird bird cage construction which should look like a canopy and horrible projected images from a Taifun in camouflage livery in the back.

I always thought the movie was made in Black&White because it enabled the filmmakers to use historic film material. As "You tube'' did not exist in those day, I guess they couldn't find any film material containing FW190 fighters :d

Cheers,
Huub ;)
 
Lionheart said:
As always Huub, amazing attention to detail, and a massive amount of history lessons as well.

:ernae:

Awesome!
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Thanks for the nice words Bill! ;)

The next one is finished, do you know who flew this aircraft? To give a small hint; he had claimed 3 victories a;ready in WW-I.

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I told you this one would be (much) more difficult to guess!

Success,
Huub
 
Was Mix the right answer? If not, may I put in a bid for Theo Osterkamp? He had victories in the Great War.
 
You are all too good for this game. Smoothie was absolutely right and the additional information from Yossarian was correct as well (sorry dhasdell).

Dr Erich Mix flew with Jasta54 in WW-I claimed 3 victories, for which he received both the iron cross second and first class. After the war he studied laws. In January 1941 he was appointed "Führer der Jagdkräfte Holland" by Hitler personally and had his headquarter at Bergen until the 7th of July 1941. He had close relations with the SS. He ended more or less on a side track when Goering decided to replace the older commanders by younger and more dynamic ones. For a fighter pilot Mix was quite old. He was already 41 when WW-II started in 1939!

The funny thing is that the image posted by Cees has been taken from a web-site with information about Fliegerhorst Katwijk. In the comment with this picture it is stated that the picture was taken on Fliegerhorst Katwijk. The F-4 actually parked in front of a hangar build by the Germans on Bergen. When you take a close look ate the picture you will see a sort of tower in the back, which is hangar 6 at Bergen (So you were correct about that Yossarian).

There are several profiles done from this particular aircraft. The repaint I did was done after a Polish profile. However when I looked at the photograph I noticed mottling was heavier than on the profile, the victory markings where much bigger than on the profile and the "Gruppenkommandeur" markings were closed at the back (thanks Cees ;)). So I will change these things.

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I working on the next one as well, so stay tuned!

Huub
 
huub vink said:
You are all too good for this game. Smoothie was absolutely right and the additional information from Yossarian was correct as well (sorry dhasdell).

Dr Erich Mix flew with Jasta54 in WW-I claimed 3 victories, for which he received both the iron cross second and first class. After the war he studied laws. In January 1941 he was appointed "Führer der Jagdkräfte Holland" by Hitler personally and had his headquarter at Bergen until the 7th of July 1941. He had close relations with the SS. He ended more or less on a side track when Goering decided to replace the older commanders by younger and more dynamic ones. For a fighter pilot Mix was quite old. He was already 41 when WW-II started in 1939!

The funny thing is that the image posted by Cees has been taken from a web-site with information about Fliegerhorst Katwijk. In the comment with this picture it is stated that the picture was taken on Fliegerhorst Katwijk. The F-4 actually parked in front of a hangar build by the Germans on Bergen. When you take a close look ate the picture you will see a sort of tower in the back, which is hangar 6 at Bergen (So you were correct about that Yossarian).

There are several profiles done from this particular aircraft. The repaint I did was done after a Polish profile. However when I looked at the photograph I noticed mottling was heavier than on the profile, the victory markings where much bigger than on the profile and the "Gruppenkommandeur" markings were closed at the back (thanks Cees ;)). So I will change these things.

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I working on the next one as well, so stay tuned!

Huub
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Bergen is near Noordwijk? Am i right?:wiggle:
 
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