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Old 7th June 2010, 23:06
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Re: Colour of Wekusta code (individual letter)

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Originally Posted by obdl3945 View Post
Hi...

A quick look through Rosch's Luftwaffe Codes, Markings & Units... shows that Wekusta 26, at least, frequently appears to have used machines with only three code letters.
Paul
We gave several examples in "Air War Italy 1944–45": including Ju 88 T-1, W.Nr.430910, 5M+D and Ju 88 A-4, W.Nr. 550435, 5M+G.

As to how they managed with three characters — I guess the same way that RAF and USAAF squadrons did.
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