13's....

[Lucky13]

So far by the small amount that I've found out about Heinrich Bartels is that he loved to dogfight and that he took off on his last flight at 11:00 On 23 December in his Bf 109G-10 "Yellow 13" W.Nr. 130 359, with his flight and that his wingman was Oberfähnrich Rolf Brand.... Also that he was famous for pranks and drinking, but after getting his Knight's cross, he apparently went a bit too far.
In Petsamo, November 1942:
First he woke up Schuck, and made him drink Cognac, each time pouring the liquor over his new Knight's cross, to "baptize" it. Meanwhile Kurt Dylewski, his inseparable Wingman (also very drunk) started playing the guitar extremely loud and extremely false.
After leaving Schuck (and three empty cognac bottles) Bartels went on a drunken rampage:
First, he tried to steal a truck, but the driver had taken the key. The driver woke up and pulled the drunken Bartels out of the cabin and started beating him up.
After realizing whom he was beating up, the driver panicked and ran into the enlisted quarters, went to bed and pretended to sleep.
Bartels followed him and searched the barracks for the drivers wet boots, finally finding them and promptly beating the crap out of the guy in the bed next to the boots.
The original culprit meanwhile had the upper bed and hid successfully...
After that, Bartels and Dylewski went to the civilian quarters and invaded the billet of the lapland women who were employed in cleaning and washing duties in Petsamo.
He lifted every blanket and each time he shouted (in broad austrian dialect):
"Pfui Teifi, A so a brutaler Wahnsinn, s'stinkt furchtbor noch Kas! Ois Kas, gonz a oiter Kas!"
(roughly translated "wow, it really smells like cheese under here, terrible old cheese!")
The semi-nomadic laplanders had a bit of a strong smell apparently.
Still not ready to call it a night, Bartels went into the stables, and pulled out one of the mules.
He led the mule to the billet of the "Spieß" (Company Sergeant) of his staffel, made it stand halfly on the sleeping man's bed. As Bartels was a Butcher in Civilian life, he knew how to treat animals and the poor mule emptied its bowels over the sleeping Feldwebel, covering him and the entire bed with #%&*$#... After that, Bartels finally went to sleep.

[lesofprimus]

Ive heard the story before Jan and still laugh my ass off when I hear about it.... Havin a mule sh!t all over a guy whilst sleepin in his rack is just too much....

[GrauGeist]

That story is great stuff, Lucky!

The mule part was good, but when I read: "wow, it really smells like cheese under here, terrible old cheese!", I about blew coffee all over the monitor!

[Njaco]

Originally Posted by GrauGeist

That story is great stuff, Lucky!

The mule part was good, but when I read: "wow, it really smells like cheese under here, terrible old cheese!", I about blew coffee all over the monitor!

Me too!!!!!

[Lucky13]

Yeah....I think that was best for your own good to stay in Heinrichs good book, so that you wouldn't be on the receiving end of his pranks....

[Erich]

H. Bartel's profile of Yellow 13 is wrong.......

Yellow 13 + ~

remember he is in 15th staffel of the IV./JG 27 was downed on 23rd Dec. 1944 in Bf 109G-10 with a US P-47 near Bad Godesberg.

looking for a pic of that A/C if there is one, doubtful though.

not sure if the yellow number and the ~ were outlined in black or just a solid yellow. most likely the wide green defense band on the fuselage is correct along with the black prop and white spiral

[Lucky13]

Thanks Erich, appreciated, so this is just an interpretation or a "possible" of his last machine then, is the style right on the "13" though?

What's your opinion on the other Yellow 13 from 15./JG53 then, any idea who the pilot was?

Edit: Sorry, that pic is in another thread... Here it is again...

[Erich]

the Eagel cals is correct very hard to say but in my opinion Bartels late G-1`0 number 3 probably would have been rounded and not the flat hard straight top. still looking to find more pics of the IV./JG 27 machines which are few in number. am pretty sure the 13 of Bartels would of been larger than the JG 53 109. and sorry no idea on whom the JG 53 109 pilot was.

E ~

[Lucky13]

Something like this one in numerals then Erich, this is supposedly also one of Bartels machines...Bf 109F-4 Wk.Nr.13169.

[lesofprimus]

Fu*kin A man, that is one sexy lookin bird.... Is there a decal sheet for that profile Jan???

[Lucky13]

Not sure brother....can't remember seeing any sets.

[Lucky13]

If you like that one Dan, check these profiles out!
Messerschmitt Bf 109G's and K's Got some good looking birds there!

[Njaco]

jan, hope you don't mind, but I got a new scanner for Xmas and to get used to it I'm scanning pics from some of my books and what better to start with than '13's!! Hope you don't mind if I post. Just checking to see how these come out.

These are from "Luftwaffe Fighters of NA and the Med" by Jerry Scutts and the "Jagdwaffe" series by Eric Mombeek. First up is a pic of Bartels crate.

[Wayne Little]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

Something like this one in numerals then Erich, this is supposedly also one of Bartels machines...Bf 109F-4 Wk.Nr.13169.

Bartel's Black 13 had the squared style '3' will dig out some pics...

[Lucky13]

Originally Posted by Wayne Little

Bartel's Black 13 had the squared style '3' will dig out some pics...

You mean like this one then Wayne?

Not at all Njaco, scan away matey!