Stab I/JG77 Stab I JAGDGESCHWADER 77

KommandeurHptm Johannes Janke 1/5/39 to 21/11/40

Bf 109E-3, W.Nr.5102, Black Chevron, Oblt Herbert Kunze, Stab I/JG 77

Bf 109E-3s of Stab I/JG 77 in spring 1940 probably at Odendorf. In the foreground is W.Nr.5102, Black Chevron of the Adjutant, Oblt Herbert Kunze, in the standard camouflage pattern with the I/JG 77 emblem on the engine cowling. Kunze was shot down and killed on 14/9/40 over Lympne, Kent in Bf 109E-4, W.Nr.3759. He had claimed two victories: a Spitfire on 2/9/40 and another on 4/9/40.

I/JG77 Bases:22/5/40 – 20/7/40 Döberitz21/7/40 – 31/7/40 Berlin-Tempelhof31/7/40 – 25/8/40 Aalborg-West *25/8/40 – 21/11/40 Marquise

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1/JG771 Staffel JAGDGESCHWADER 77

1/JG 77 Commanding OfficersOblt Jürgen Ehrig 1/2/40 to 31/8/40 POWOblt Hans-Karl Keitel 1/9/40 to 19/2/41

Bf 109E-1, White 12, Fw Ernst Reinert, 1/JG 77

Above: White 4 of 1/JG 77 protected by a wall of sand bags. Note the dark bird silhouette with the capital letter ‘Y’ next to the 4.

Right: Bf 109E-4, W.Nr.5105, White 13 after crash-landing near High Halden, Kent, following combat with Hurricanes of 601 Squadron on 31/8/40. Its pilot, Oblt Hans-Jürgen Ehrig, Staffelkapitän, was taken prisoner. He achieved only one victory – a Morane 406 on 18/5/40 north of Valenciennes.

Above: This Bf 109E-3, Black 9 of 2/JG 77 was photographed in May 1940 at Odendorf. The double outline of the aircraft number is interesting.

Right: Black 13 of 2/JG 77 belly-landed near Marquise airfield in late summer 1940. This Bf 109E-1 has a new-style canopy. The yellow lightning flash on the fuselage certainly adds a dash of panache.

2/JG772 Staffel JAGDGESCHWADER 77

2./JG 77 Commanding OfficersOblt Ekkehard Priebe 19/9/40 to 31/8/40 POWHptm Franz Hahn 1/9/40 to 31/7/42

Bf 109E-1, Black 13, 2/JG 77

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3/JG773 Staffel JAGDGESCHWADER 77

3/JG 77 Commanding OfficersOblt Karl Gottfried Nordmann 1/3/40 to 19/7/41

Bf 109E-3, W.Nr.5104, Brown 13, Gefr Karl Raisinger, 3/JG 77

Gefr Karl Raisinger of 3/JG 77 was forced down in Bf 109E-3, W.Nr.5104, Brown 13 at Harvey’s Cross Farm, Iford, East Sussex after his radiator had been damaged on 25/10/40. Raisinger achieved only one victory – a Hurricane on 17/10/40 south of Tunbridge Wells.

Gefr Raisinger’s aircraft showing four victory bars on the fin, (possibly the regular aircraft of Uffz Heinz Wiest). A small Danish flag beneath the bottom rear corner of the canopy is the only one left from what had been a row of flags. This photograph was taken in the Rootes car showroom in Maidstone, Kent.

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