Re: KG 54 first EKII of the war - date?
 

Hi Adriano,

Poor resolution indeed! As far as I can see the capture reads "Unsere Luft???? (Lufthelden????) werden ausgezeichnet mit dem E.K.2"

There is no mention if this is indeed the FIRST EK II awarded in the KG 54 as a Geschwader or the FIRST EK II in a specific Staffel or Gruppe.

FYI: if I'm not mistaken I remember seeing an entry in a FB of KG 54 that said that in Mai 1940 after 10 combat missions the EK II was awarded.

Re: KG 54 first EKII of the war - date?
 

Hallo Rudi,

Sorry about the poor resolution....did not remember by heart how many pixels was the maximum for JPEG images here...so I saved around 100 dpi.

Regarding the information about the very first EKII to KG 54 airmen, it was the seller who informed that onto the "selling list"...so I was indeed totally blind about which Staffeln, period, frame of time or airfield...no name behind as you can see....

Nice information about the number of missions that "automatically" (or not) gave credit to the EKII in Mai 1940.

Sorry about the quality of the image, really...I wish we could upload more and see more.

Adriano Baumgartner