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Who were the Jagdflieger?
A 95th Bomb Group crew reported on the 7 Oct 1943 Mission to La Bourget that this was the first mission that the crew of B-17 #230817 saw JG26 painted with the markings of a Top Hat and a Cane emblem from 8./JG 26 attack them.
I know that the “Zylinderhut” insignia was adopted by a number of pilots who had seen service with Jagdgruppe J/88 “Condor Legion” in the Spanish Civil War notably Gotthard Handrick and another were Herwig Knüppel both flying with JG 26 “Schlageter”.
My question is:
Who were the pilot or pilots attacking the 95th on the 7 Oct 1943 mission to La Bourget and had their fighter/fighters painted with the “Zylinderhut and Cane insignia ?
Does anyone know of some more pilots that had that insignia painted on their fighters from another Jagdgeschwader?
Regards
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