Helmut Meckel Bf109f JG3?

[von hahn]

Hi All,

I've been searching for any original photos of Helmut Meckel's Bf 109f ( black 7) that he flew with 2./JG3 in Russia.

In particular , I'd like to see if there is any indication of what his tatzelwurm looked like.

Eagle Strike ecals and techmod both make decals for this machine and both tatzelwurms look completely different ! The Eagle Strike one looks much more like the later 'FW190' style fat tatzelwurm while the Techmod one is really skinny and matches nothing I've ever seen on a JG3 machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated !

 

[Snautzer01]

Bf109F-2 "Black 2" of 2./JG3 and the photo was probably taken in the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[von hahn]

Thank you for the picture snautzer01!

It looks like the 'early' tatzelwurm...

 

[Wurger]

Here is a little bit enlarged...

 

[Snautzer01]

 

[Wurger]

 

[von hahn]

Thanks so much guys!

 

[stona]

Orthochromatic film?
The body seems dark and I can hardly see the tongue

 

[Old Wizard]