Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Gentlemen,
according to original documents Oblt. Galland was Staka of the 4.Staffel. He came to the II.(Sch)/LG 2 on 1.7.1939 and left this unit going directly to II./JG 52 at Böblingen.
Regards,

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Many/Marius,

It is my belief that the information on Galland as the StaKap of 5.(S)/LG2 when he first joined the unit on 1.7.39 is not correct, but I guess that it's possible that he was on the Gruppenstab immediately after he joined II.(S)/LG2. What was the date that Hptm. Weiss moved up from 4 StaKap to command the Gruppe? Does anyone have that info handy? When he vacated that position must be the key of when Galland replaced him.

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Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Hptm Otto Weiss became Gruppenkommandeure the 1st dec 1939.

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Many,

Where was Otto Weiss before 1.12.39? Galland was flying L2+AM on 9.8.39 and subsequently almost every day, so he had to be the StaKap at least by that date. I thought that Weiss was StaKap of 4 Staffel before Galland. There's an unexplained gap here.

Regards,

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Hello Larry.

At the beginning of his career Otto Weiss was Technical Officer, in a recce gruppe, after he was in the stab of JG 134, He spent a little time in another unit, I don't remember which one, and begun his career in II (s) LG 2 with the creation of the unit in October 1938, in the stab of the unit.

I really don't know if he was one time the staka of 4.(S)/LG2

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Hello Larry.

I am curious. And I looked for in the vol 1 of the frantastic books of Mr Prien and Friends, and Page 222, I read

that Oblt Adolf galland was staka of 1./JG 52 from 01.11.38 to 31.07.39 to became at this date Staka of 5.(S)/LG2.

very interesting.

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Many,

Thank's for noticing that. Now I'll have to check that out. I consider Prien's volumes very authoritative, but not without mistakes. Will ask him about that directly.

Regards,

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

This is confirmed in Barbas' volume on I./JG 52.

Don

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Ok Larry.

I wait for these infos. I am very interested.

By advance thank you.

Re: 4.(S)/LG2 Insignia: background color, origins & relation to personal insignia of Adolf Galland
 

Weiss was Staka of the 5.Staffel and he took the command over the II.Gruppe on 9.9.1939 after Maj.Spielvogel was shot down over Warsaw.