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Re: IIII./JG26 Officers signatures Christmas 1939
Don/VtwinVince
In response to the query about Lt. Daig, I have no direct evidence that Ltn. Erwin Daig of 5./JG27 is the same Ltn. Daig who’s signature appears amongst the Christmas 1939 III./JG26 signatures.
However, aside from the three original Staffelkapitan of II./JG27 (Oblt. Herman Hollweg, Oblt. Hans-Christian Schafer and Oblt Werner Seffert) who in Prein’s II./JG27 history all came from JG26, there is also the following pilots of II/JG27 that have the same last names that are amongst the signatures
Ltn. Hermann Kugler 4./JG27 WIA 9 June 1940
Oblt Karl Prieser Stab II./JG27 injured 29 July 1940
Combined with Ltn. Daig this suggests to me that the formation of II./JG27 may have a close connection to JG26 with possibly several pilots coming from JG26 from which the unit was built around. Therefore there is a good chance that they are the same Ltn. Daig, but as I said earlier, I have no direct proof to confirm this.
Regards
Craig...
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