Info on Me-110C M8+ZE

[warbirdfinder]

I am looking for the Werk # for Me-110C with the fuselage lettering M8+ZE. Would anyone have that information?
Also, is it possible to determine the color of one of the letters from a black-and-white photo?
Thank you

 

[Wurger]

According to the marking rules of the Luftwaffe kites the M8+ZE code indicates the ZG 76 and its Stab of the IV Gruppe ( IV./ZG76 ) In the case the letter "Z" should be of green. But as my memory serves, the ZG76 didn't have the IV Gruppe. Just the three ones only.

 

[Nogo99]

I am looking for the Werk # for Me-110C with the fuselage lettering M8+ZE. Would anyone have that information?
Also, is it possible to determine the color of one of the letters from a black-and-white photo?
Thank you

The normal organization of Zerstörergeschwader 76 was: I./ZG 76 II./ZG 76 III./ZG 76 as well as Stab/ZG 76 III. Gruppe was first established on June 26, 1940.

However, there is documentation of Stab IV./ZG 76 in operations in 1941, including a Bf 110E-2 aircraft (M8+YE) flown by Hauptmann Gerhard Schaschke. This shows that a IV. Gruppe did in fact exist, but it was not a fully established, permanent group like I–III. It primarily appears in connection with:
Special operations
Temporary formations
Transfers to other commands
Another example is the German mission "Fliegerführer Irak" in 1941, where a Staffel of Bf-110s was drawn from IV./ZG 76.
And yes the letter "Z" should be green.
Werke nr is 3084 as C model untill it was upgraded to E model then Werke nr 4502
The nr. suggest that it was produced in Regensburg. There's some interesting facts about the size of the M8 codes that differs between Augsburg seems narrower and Regensburg seems wider.

 

[warbirdfinder]

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