so 10 was scraped or shot down ? and 33 in the later bird would still be same colors wouldnt it?
either way its a dandy bird
Leroy Grossheuesch didn't have his 6th kill until February 10, 1945 so the photos are after that and before February 25, 1945 when he got his 7th kill. His first kill was November 21, 1944. The profile is dated September 44 so I assume it was his bird prior to his run started.
edited to add. The danger of too many books is you forget about some

Clearly the photo from where #10 came from.

And another profile of Leroy's Jug and his 51 which is a beauty. Photos are credited to Leroy and the serial on the jug isn't complete. All his birds were numbered 33 so second guessing says 10 wasn't his, but was the squadron commander's prior to Leroy taking over as CO.
