Focke-Wulf 190 A-8/R2 'Black 12 + ' of 11.(Sturm)/J.G. 3, late June 1944

FW 190 A-8/R2 W.Nr 730 283 'Black 12 + ' of 11.(Sturm)/J.G. 3, France, late June 1944
'Black 12 + ' was the third aircraft built in the production run at the Ago factory at Oschersleben in April 1944. In June 1944, elements of IV.(Sturm)/J.G. 3 transferred from southern Germany to Dreux in Normandy, and for a week flew fighter-bomber operations over the invasion front. During the return flight to Germany, this aircraft force-landed near Dijon in eastern France.^[1] The IV. Gruppe ~ marking aft of the Balkenkreuz was overpainted on this FW 190 A-8.

Footnotes
[1] Information via Neil Page and Jean-Yves Lorant

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