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Old 10th January 2011, 22:36
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Re: St.G 3 unit emblem

Doolittle,

I don't know the specific a/c used on your profile, as it's after the EOE research period, but if you change the shield to green, and look carefully at the detailing of the griffin, which may have had variations over time, you'll probably have it. The major reference works on markings & insignia should show you what the I./StG76 version looked like, which is what the I./St.G.3 insignia was based upon. We have a number of examples of this in the EOE DB, but best you look for the source photos upon which the profile must be based for what it looked like on that a/c. I just did a quick run through of examples of I./StG 76 images in our DB (51 of them)I and this insignia appears to have been universally used during the WC Blitzkrieg of May-June, and there are a few examples of it with the 1939-style fuselage crosses which presumably date back to 1939, and likely to the Polish Campaign.

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