Bf-109 desert camo?

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Bf-109 desert camo?

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I came across this picture on the net, and I dont think Ive seen this camo pattern before. Does anyone have more info?

What's the story behind this?

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Go just over half way down the page.
http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.nz/2014_03_01_archive.html
Seems like a fair bit of info on it there.

And some artwork of it.
http://theprofilepaintshop.blogspot.co. ... orfer.html
With a small explanation of colours.

Pilot appears to be Oblt. Heimo Emmerstorfer
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Interesting to see how the colorised picture differs from the artwork:

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Source:
http://theprofilepaintshop.blogspot.co. ... orfer.html

Both are interpetations of the BW photo's and witness accounts. I wonder which one is most accurate.
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Im thinking a mix of the 2. Colorized photos tend to be a few shades off. Also it looks like the tan is RLM 79 in the colorized photo, but eyewitness accounts all say it wasnt RLM 79.
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neat stuff!
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It's a G-8 recon bird from 2/NAGR.12 operating from the Balkans in 1943-44... Tan over RLM 76 is correct...
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He's that old huh? LOL!
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