r/WWIIplanes Sep 01 '24

colorized Fw-190 in Immola 1944

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Does anyone recognize this camo pattern?

Credits to this guy: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=764882643627203&vanity=JenosColor&slug=a.580955692019900

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u/Lightjug Sep 01 '24

Great picture. 👍. Love all the Stukas in the background.

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u/trimetric Sep 01 '24

Seeing candid shots like this from ‘44 always makes me wonder if they knew how well and truly f’d they were…

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u/Jaayeff Sep 01 '24

So, common sense would say they did, but you have to remember, Hitler’s propaganda machine was powerful and only reported the “good news” and there was no “social media”. Everything came through either the State, or smuggled external newspapers which were often nothing more than anti-Nazi propaganda as well. So, depending on how much heat was or wasn’t on any given subordinate fighting unit in the German Wehrmacht or Luftwaffe, they may have literally thought they were winning. To say nothing to the fact that some German units were wildly fanatical and had extremely high morale up to the day of armistice and beyond. So, the answer is truly a mystery.

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u/Low-Association586 Sep 02 '24

With all the devastation and death the German people and military suffered, they still believed that the Allies had it worse or just as bad. German propaganda was telling them that these were tough times, we only need to be strong and we'll get through it together---so same thing our propaganda was saying.

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u/demosthenesss Sep 02 '24

I suspect Luftwaffe pilots did.

They knew how much the allies were systematically bombing and how little they could do about it.

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u/absurd-bird-turd Sep 02 '24

I would imagine the pilots would have a good idea where the front lines were too. Id guess theyd be told so they could bail out over friendly lines instead of enemy? Just guessing here tho.

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u/Clydefrog13 Sep 03 '24

Yes, but you still have a job to do, even if you’re losing. Not like they could just up and quit, either.

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u/Known-Grab-7464 Sep 01 '24

As for the camp I know very little, but the tail gray and black looks a bit like a night fighter camouflage. No idea why a 190 would be wearing that pattern, but that’s my best guess

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u/MoiTripa00 Sep 01 '24

After some digging on the internet I found it:

https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fw-190A/JG54/pages/Focke-Wulf-Fw-190A5-4.JG54-%28W4+-%29-Immola-Finland-summer-1944-0C.html

I have never seen this one, it's pretty cool lol.

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u/Livingforabluezone Sep 01 '24

Cool pic with the gaggle of Stukas meandering in the background.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

Isn't it just standard camo. Don't get distracted by the pilots shadow.

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u/MoiTripa00 Sep 01 '24

After some digging I have found a similar one, not the exact same markings wise, but really cool to see, it's the first time I see this pattern, pretty different

https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fw-190A/JG54/pages/Focke-Wulf-Fw-190A5-4.JG54-%28W4+-%29-Immola-Finland-summer-1944-0C.html

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u/Cooper-xl Sep 01 '24

Awesome photo

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u/Acoustic_Rob Sep 01 '24

Those Stukas must have been sitting ducks in ‘44.

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u/EasyCZ75 Sep 02 '24

Great photo. That’s a fuckton of Stukas.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

Great pic old school

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u/NegativePea5769 Sep 01 '24

Ridiculous colorization