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Originally Posted by Dennis Peschier
Hello Rod,
Has anyone ever asked former nagdjagd aircrew if these codes were completely random or that they had some relation to the user?
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Hi Dennis,
I'm not so familar with the codes used prior to 1944, by which time a Gruppe callsign and tactical number were used after the introduction of Zahme Sau (i.e. ADLER 10,
DROMEDAR 59, etc).
Another aspect of identifying the codes used is confirming what the communications relate to, as different callsigns could be used for different types of communications. For example, there would be a callsign used for the tactical control of a night fighter, but, to the best of my knowledge, the same night fighter would use a different callsign (a four-letter code, i.e. the Stammkennzeichen) when asking for homing from the D/F stations thoughout Germany.
In the case of close control of aircraft within a Stellung, my understanding is that the callsigns were specific to the Stellung and not the aircraft. If a night fighter was assigned to work under the control of a specific Stellung/"box", the aircraft assumed one of several callsigns used by the Stellung/"box".
Cheers
Rod