BF 109F-4 with Australian markings(Image removed from quote.)
why do we have an Iraq skin on the 110C?
Fliegerführer IrakAlso on 6 May Luftwaffe Colonel Werner Junck received orders that he was to take a small force to Iraq, where they were to operate out of Mosul. The British quickly learned of the German arrangements through intercepted Italian diplomatic transmissions. Between 10 and 15 May the aircraft arrived in Mosul via Vichy French airbases, in Syria, and then commenced regular aerial attacks on British forces. The arrival of these aircraft was the direct result of fevered consultations between Baghdad and Berlin in the days following Air Vice-Marshal Smart's strikes on the Iraqi forces above Habbaniya. The Luftwaffe force, under the direction of Lieutenant General Hans Jeschonnek, was named "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak)[nb 13] and was under the tactical command of Colonel Werner Junck. At least 20 bombers were initially promised however in the end Junck's unit consisted of between 21 and 29 aircraft all painted with Royal Iraqi Air Force markings.[
hmmmm did they just fly the captured craft for tests or is there any empirical evidence that they were used in combat. A Google search offered up nothing that I could see.
I remember I heard somewhere that the Luftwaffe used captured 17s and 24s to radio course and altitude to the guyson the ground to shoot them down. But when the allies found they couldn't make radio contact with them they shot them down.
