This skin represents a Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2/Trop flown in the North African campaign, depicting the sun-faded desert camouflage typical of Luftwaffe aircraft operating with Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) over Libya and Tunisia. The sand-yellow (RLM 79) upper surfaces and pale blue undersides (RLM 78) were applied in-theater to adapt to the harsh desert environment.
This Bf 109, marked “Black 14”, served with the Luftwaffe’s Jagdgeschwader 27, the main German fighter wing in North Africa. By early 1943, the unit was retreating west across Tunisia as the Afrika Korps collapsed under Allied pressure. Aircraft were often operated from makeshift airfields near Mareth, Gabès, and El Hamma.
“Black 14” was reportedly damaged during combat with Allied fighters — most likely Spitfires or P-40s of the USAAF 57th Fighter Group or RAF No. 92 Squadron — and made a forced landing behind Allied lines in early 1943. The pilot survived.
