Bf109E-4 White 7 Oblt. Hans Ohly StaffelKapitan 1/JG53 Sept 1940
Username: Wayne Little
Name: Wayne
Category: Judge, non-competing.
Scale: 1/ 48
Kit: Tamiya Bf109E-4
Accessories: Minimal ..Etch seat belts and maybe Resin Wheels…
As I am currently juggling multiple projects I have decided to do the more straight forward Tamiya 1/48 Bf109E-4 and save my original subject, the Eduard 1/32 Bf109E for a future build…..
The aircraft of Oberleutnant Hans Ohly will be depicted as at the beginning of Sept. 1940 when he took over command of 1 Staffel of JG53, previously he had flown as the wingman of the then Kapitan, Hauptmann. Hans-Karl Meyer who had been promoted to GruppenKommandeur to lead I Gruppe of JG53 at the end of August.
Oblt. Ohly had 4 victories at this time and his White 7 carried a non-standard camouflage scheme which seemed to be the norm within JG53 ranks before and during the BoB period, as many aircraft can be seen with completely different schemes applied.
In studying this and other aircraft, it would seem that White 7 had a fuselage Camo utilizing all 4 standard colours that were in use at the time, RLM 70 Black Green, 71 Dark Green, 02 Grey and 65 Light Blue while the wings appear to be in a high contrast of RLM 71 and 65, although RLM 02 is a distinct possibility with the RLM 71?
However I rather like the high contrast option of 71/65 on the wings and am going with this scheme.
Another feature of JG53 aircraft was that from Sometime in July until mid October 1940 the familiar 'Ace of Spades' insignia was replaced with a Red band around the cowling, the reasons for this have been varied but not fully explained…??
Username: Wayne Little
Name: Wayne
Category: Judge, non-competing.
Scale: 1/ 48
Kit: Tamiya Bf109E-4
Accessories: Minimal ..Etch seat belts and maybe Resin Wheels…
As I am currently juggling multiple projects I have decided to do the more straight forward Tamiya 1/48 Bf109E-4 and save my original subject, the Eduard 1/32 Bf109E for a future build…..
The aircraft of Oberleutnant Hans Ohly will be depicted as at the beginning of Sept. 1940 when he took over command of 1 Staffel of JG53, previously he had flown as the wingman of the then Kapitan, Hauptmann. Hans-Karl Meyer who had been promoted to GruppenKommandeur to lead I Gruppe of JG53 at the end of August.
Oblt. Ohly had 4 victories at this time and his White 7 carried a non-standard camouflage scheme which seemed to be the norm within JG53 ranks before and during the BoB period, as many aircraft can be seen with completely different schemes applied.
In studying this and other aircraft, it would seem that White 7 had a fuselage Camo utilizing all 4 standard colours that were in use at the time, RLM 70 Black Green, 71 Dark Green, 02 Grey and 65 Light Blue while the wings appear to be in a high contrast of RLM 71 and 65, although RLM 02 is a distinct possibility with the RLM 71?
However I rather like the high contrast option of 71/65 on the wings and am going with this scheme.
Another feature of JG53 aircraft was that from Sometime in July until mid October 1940 the familiar 'Ace of Spades' insignia was replaced with a Red band around the cowling, the reasons for this have been varied but not fully explained…??
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I was thinking about White 15 or 8. I have seen the profile of the Bf109 recently.The "7" was yellow but not white. ALso looking at the picture, it seems the digit was with the black outline.
Gotta watch this! I can be very patient.
