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Originally Posted by Evgeny Velichko
John:
Looking on photos of III./ZG76 aircrafts in spring 1941 (may-april), I can say:
At least 7./ZG76 and 9./ZG76 changed their fourth character of code from M to R and from P to T.
Also, if we will look in III./ZG76 losslist, we will see:
8./ZG76 lost a/c with code 2N+GS, and 7./ZG76 lost 2N+DR and 2N+KR.
Then: ZerstorerStaffel./JG77 was formed from parts of 7./ZG76, and took some zerstorers from that Staffel. For some time, they kept its original code 2N+_R, but in early summer 1941 1st character was changed from "2" to "L", and "DaschhundStaffel" got its code LN+_R.
It seems, only Stab III./ZG76 kept its "C" charachter and didnt changed it to "D". I have two photos of same a/c - 2N+GC while with III./ZG76 in Norway and S9+GC while with II./SKG210 in USSR.
About 2N+AN - I have photo of D-3 2N+AN, and I may only suggest that it was (if not lost with code not listed) renamed in 2N+AS and later S9+AN. It was probably lost in early days of Barbarossa campaign, because next S9+AN was lost already in late july 1941.
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Evgeny,
In 1940, everything shows that III./ZG 76 did not revert to the normal letters associated with III. Gruppe aircraft.
With regard to your last paragraph, what I am trying to say is that for research purposes, you should not make the 'leap of faith' in stating that a particular aircraft went through various code changes, unless you have the supporting evidence, i.e. a common W. Nr.. You cannot state wth certainty that 2N+AN in 1940 became S9+AN in 1941. Did those elements of III./ZG 76 that went to form II./SKG 210 take their aircraft with them? Or were they outfitted with new aircraft for the start of the Russian campaign. I don't have the answer to that one. Do you?