1./JG77 G-2/Trop "Weisse 6". Insigna question to Dr. Prien

[ouidjat]

Hi Gents,
Hello Jochen,


In your JFV Teil 8.II, page 303, Abb. 383 you wrote "Weisse 6" had a personal emblem under canopy: "Three playing cards ... "
Sorry to ask you but where did you see them?
Did you have another machine in mind?


Thank you for your answer.
Regards,
Franck.

[Jochen Prien]

Franck,

I don't see the three playing cards and I didn't say I did. Just read the caption carefully - it only says that the a/c allegedly carried this personal emblem, the information coming from a contemporary allied report.

Regards

Jochen Prien

[Jochen Prien]

Further to my above comment I may add that from a number of photos showing this a/c that have come to light since the publication of JFV Vol. 8/II it appears that in fact there was no personal emblem showing three playing cards on the fuselage side below the cockpit sill.

KR

Jochen Prien

[ouidjat]

Good morning,


Thank you very much for this point Jochen, you made it clear.
And yes, I'm not a good German reader, I'm sorry.


Best Regards,
Franck.


PS: Shall I keep it as WNr10558 as captioned in JG77, III, page 1828 ? :)

[ouidjat]

Further to my above comment I may add that from a number of photos showing this a/c that have come to light since the publication of JFV Vol. 8/II it appears that in fact there was no personal emblem showing three playing cards on the fuselage side below the cockpit sill.

KR

Jochen Prien


Yes indeed that's the reason I did ask you. I thought that maybe that emblem had been overpainted ...

[Franek Grabowski]

I cannot resist...
http://www.polishairforce.pl/dyw318zdj/7.jpg

[ouidjat]

Ah ah ah,
Not the same machine but I understand you Franek :)
I was thinking, instead, of some Erg. Merseburg crest .... I'm kidding, indeed.
Regards,
Franck.

[Franek Grabowski]

Just a joke. Though it is interesting, why those cards were mentioned in the report.