jchester404
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- Oct 23, 2026
Hello, I'm in the middle of planning the color scheme for my Muncheberg Bf 109 e-7 model kit (7./JG 27) and I'm getting hung up on the colors: RLM 74/75/76 or RLM 71/02/65.
It's to my understanding that the Luftwaffe didn't officially switch to their grey colors until November 1941, but have been reading that it's highly possible that 74/75/76 has been used unofficially prior to that date.
Was reading about Muncheberg's time in Malta in March 1941, so it's before the official switch...
I ran across this thread discussing it: J. Müncheberg Bf 109E-7 white 12 camo color ???
That's a 15 year old thread. Is there any information out there that can confirm the 7./JG 26's ever used 74/75/76? Would be safe to assume that they could have?
And then the cockpit being either 02 or 66 or 02 with 66 from shoulders up.
Any definitive answers out there? Thanks!
Edit: I found this:
"It appears that the E-7 sub-type marked the introduction of the 74/75/76 camouflage, at least at one or the other of the factories producing 109s at Erla, Regensburg or Wiener-Neustadt. I have seen color call-outs for Müncheberg's airplanes as both 71/02/65 and 74/75/76. Since it's known he flew two different 109E-7s during the Mediterranean deployment, it may be that both callouts are correct and refer to different aircraft; "white 12" was the second airplane, which would make it newer and more likely to have come from the factory in the final colors."
From: Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109E-7 - Bf 109 Joachim Müncheberg - iModeler
It's to my understanding that the Luftwaffe didn't officially switch to their grey colors until November 1941, but have been reading that it's highly possible that 74/75/76 has been used unofficially prior to that date.
Was reading about Muncheberg's time in Malta in March 1941, so it's before the official switch...
I ran across this thread discussing it: J. Müncheberg Bf 109E-7 white 12 camo color ???
That's a 15 year old thread. Is there any information out there that can confirm the 7./JG 26's ever used 74/75/76? Would be safe to assume that they could have?
And then the cockpit being either 02 or 66 or 02 with 66 from shoulders up.
Any definitive answers out there? Thanks!
Edit: I found this:
"It appears that the E-7 sub-type marked the introduction of the 74/75/76 camouflage, at least at one or the other of the factories producing 109s at Erla, Regensburg or Wiener-Neustadt. I have seen color call-outs for Müncheberg's airplanes as both 71/02/65 and 74/75/76. Since it's known he flew two different 109E-7s during the Mediterranean deployment, it may be that both callouts are correct and refer to different aircraft; "white 12" was the second airplane, which would make it newer and more likely to have come from the factory in the final colors."
From: Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109E-7 - Bf 109 Joachim Müncheberg - iModeler
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