[Brian Bines]

Hi Nick,

Just a few thoughts the Ju88 may have been painted in a splinter pattern of two shades of green on upper surfaces ( including blackgreen) with overpainted black undersurfaces. Viewed from the ground this may well have appeared to be an all black aircraft . The post by Chris shows aircraft of 2nd Staffel took part in the raid and their Staffel colour was red. There is a chance that the aircrafts individual id letter may have been painted in red on the fuslage side, it would not be beyond the realms of possibility that this may have given rise to the red swastika story. The gravelroots site just mentions a swastika without its colour, it would be quite easy to make mistakes on an aircraft coming out of the rain fast at low altitude.
Thats just my thoughts on some possibilities,

Regards

Brian Bines