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Ju 88A-4/Trop | 5549 | Mader, Uffz. Adolf | 2. | LG 1 | L1+CK | MIA with crew on 26.6.42, cause unknown. | (Marsa Matruk) | Afrika |
Ju 88A-1 | 3138 | Döscher, Fw. Rudi | 2. | LG 1 | L1+CK | MIA with crew on 15.10.40, being shot down by enemy fighters. | Kanal |
Thank you for the answer, so if i understand correctly,No ... the "K" letter means the 2 Staffel of the I Gruppe. In other words ... 2./LG1 of the I Gruppe of the LG1. The II Gruppe had the letters for its squadrons 4, 5, 6 ... M, N, P,
The letters for the I Gruppe and its 1, 2, 3 Staffeln were H, K, L.
Additionally, the colours of the individual letters of an aircraft indicate the Staffel of each Gruppe. The colours were the white, the red and the yellow respectively.
For example ... in the case ( assuming the regiment is the LG 1 ) ... omitting the Stab planes ...
the I Gruppe consisted of three Staffeln 1, 2, 3. The II Gruppe of 4, 5, 6 and the III Gruppe of the 7, 8, 9
So the markings on the fuselage were ...
the I Gruppe of the LG1 ...
for the 1 Staffel
L1+ white C and black H
for the 2 Staffel
L1+ red C and black K ( the red letters were of the white outline usually )
for the 3 Staffel
L1+ yellow C and black L
For the II Gruppe the layout of the unit markings was the same but ended with the black letters M, N, P respectively. The same for the III Gruppe but the ending letters were R, S, T. If there was more of the Gruppe in the regiment the ending letters for the Staffel were U, V, W for the IV Gruppe and X, Y, Z for the V Gruppe.
Because the red colour for the individual letter was assigned to the second Staffel of each Gruppe so the planes marked with the Red "C" could be either of the 2 Staffel of the I Gruppe or 5 Staffel of the II Gruppe or 8 Staffel of the III Gruppe. Also of the 11 and 14 Staffel of the next two Gruppe if there was more of them.
I hope I have explained that correctly.
Défense Contre les Aéronefs - French term for flak, anti-aircraftA questions please,
in the account of the pilot, he says that "the weather was bad and the DCA was very active".
What is the DCA?
Is it Defensive Counter Air?