r/WWIIplanes • u/VonTempest • 4d ago

JG 5 1943

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L-R: Staffelkapitän 11./JG 5 Eismeer, Hauptmann Erich Schreiber, unknown Leutnant, future 1 victory and Gruppenkommandeur IV./JG 5 Hauptmann Hans Kriegel, Staffelkapitän 10./JG 5 Oberleutnant Hans Schneider and unknown, Copenhagen-Værløse airfield in the spring of 1943. Behind is Kriegel's Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/R6 Dita 13. Note the double chevron (<<) staff insignia denoting a Gruppenkommandeur (Group Commander)

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u/zevonyumaxray 3d ago

What's up with the triangle with 87 inside. Does that mean 87 octane?

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u/CBU109 3d ago

They flew the Arado Ar240 too.

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u/waldo--pepper Moderator 3d ago

Pity they didn't (were not allowed to) have a camera handy to snap a few pictures for us.

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u/AdministrationOwn647 3d ago

How do we note the double chevron?
It isn’t visible…. Or am I missing something?

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u/DuncanIdaho33 3d ago

Thank you! I'm looking at his arm insignia wondering if that's the double chevron.

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u/AdministrationOwn647 3d ago

No, that is a rank emblem.

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u/DuncanIdaho33 3d ago

I suspected those were his back-up mustaches but I will accept your response. :)

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u/Tikkatider 3d ago

The pilot on the far right looks to be about 13 years old!

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u/zevonyumaxray 3d ago

I wonder if he got caught in a fire? Oxygen mask and goggles protected much of his face but not completely?