Kurt Bühligen was a Luftwaffe wing commander and fighter ace of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was credited with 112 enemy aircraft shot down in over 700 combat missions. His victories were all claimed over the Western Front and included 24 four-engine bombers and 47 Supermarine Spitfire fighters.
Bühligen as a Major
II. Gruppe area of operations in Tunisia.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 of JG 2, September 1943
Jagdgeschwader 2 (JG 2) "Richthofen" was a German fighter wing during World War II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft.
A JG 2 Bf 109 E-7 at Jever, 1940/41
Bf 109E-3 in typical camouflage of the Western campaign; egg blue sides with dark green along the top
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 of Oberleutnant Paul Temme, Adjutant of I./JG 2, crashed near Shoreham aerodrome, Sussex, 13 August 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2, Hans Hahn, 1941