Three color band on Storch
 

Can someone tell me anything about the three color band on the motor hood of this Storch?


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Thanks,
Ed

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

I read the backside inscription - Sütterlin - as follows:

"Unser Fieseler Storch
mit General Sommer"

"Our Fieseler Storch
with General Sommer"

the reading of the last two letters is doubtful - could be read as "Sommel" likewise - but definitely not as "Rommel"

Regards

Roland

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Since the Stammkennzeichen starts with 'I', it was actually 'adapted' from the original civilian marking, i.e., D-IDK_

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Quite sure it's Somm.. last letter seems quite different of the "l" above,maybe Sommk...

Quite seldom to have a Stkz beginning with "i" ..

Rémi

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

I agree with Denes reasoning. I have a Fi 156 WL-IDKL in 1939. On 01. Jan 1939 it was ordered the all Kennzeichen change from the civilian D-XXXX to the military WL-XXXX for military aircraft. the WL- was later dropped and the code ID+KL remained. Since this particular aircraft was manufactured in 1939 this is indeed a plausible explanation.

Reagrds,

Norbert

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Hello Norbert,

I encountered also such codes, just noted that they are quite unusual, maybe at the beginning of the changing period from WL-XXXX TO XX+XX

Rémi

Further many of these codes turned in fact to be 1.+.., as many IH+..

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Hi,
Just to get this back on track and get an answer to the question, what are the stripes at the back of the engine cowling for?

Regards,

David

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Gents,
I know about a photo of a Ju 88 C from KG 76 (only F1+... is visible) in Russia with an identical narrow band in white-yellow-red around the aft fuselage.

But I still have no idea about the meaning, maybe a marking for a Gruppen- or Staffelstab?

Regards,

Heuser

Re: Three color band on Storch
 

Hi All,
it is also of interest that the codes D-IAAA to D-IZZZ were reserved for experimental future military aircraft before the aknowledgement of the existance of the Luftwaffe.

Regards,

Norbert