Erich
the old Sage
the gruppe bar is skeptical and may have been red in this case according to the original pic. yellow or green 1 the original photo is very small indeed, and again this was before the spiralschnauze was applied. all indications is that a funny looking horizontal bar was worn through out JG 301 craft and not just II. gruppe, the Bar was not worn all the time and that is clear on the II./JG 301 Dora 9's , none of the photos I have seen of those nice looking birds wear the second gruppe bar symbol. to tell you all the truth the camo and markings on JG 301 a/c are not typical of other Luftwaffe day time units. Remember that much of this unit in it's origins was made up of ex-bomber crew personell and it still was fed with those as well as recon pilots even late war, thus .............