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Title: 109 FB group
Post by: nopoop on April 30, 2023, 09:47:50 AM

Multiple photos every day. If the 109 is your passion, this group is for you.

(https://i.imgur.com/ySl12n5.jpg)

Title: Re: 109 FB group
Post by: nopoop on April 30, 2023, 10:04:19 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/GlkYrUa.jpg)

Title: Re: 109 FB group
Post by: Nefarious on April 30, 2023, 10:35:57 AM

I'm sure Herkus Mantas is fun at parties.

Title: Re: 109 FB group
Post by: Devil 505 on April 30, 2023, 12:36:23 PM

Quote from: Nefarious on April 30, 2023, 10:35:57 AM

I'm sure Herkus Mantas is fun at parties.

Especially since he's wrong in his assertion.

Herbert Ihlefeld did indeed score 100 victories before Heinz Bär, but Ihlefeld never held a score of exactly 103 at the end of a day. He achieved victories 103-106 on April 22, 1942. So his rudder would have been marked with 100+2 or 100+6 but never 100+3.

On the other hand, Heinz Bär scored victories 99-103 on May 19th. So seeing his rudder marked 100+3 makes total sense - especially considering the nature of the photo, the commemoration of victory 100. Furthermore, Bär had already been promoted to Gruppenkommandeur of I/Jg 77 by this point.

That photo is of Heinz Bär and his plane. No doubt.

Title: Re: 109 FB group
Post by: FLOOB on May 07, 2023, 03:12:40 AM

I hope to be joining the 109 group soon. The series III 109 that is.

https://youtu.be/Nt_KjM8B7Eg (https://youtu.be/Nt_KjM8B7Eg)