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Re: Bf 110 M8+XE? what unit?
Ian,
Mark has referred you to my recent post. I bought the two most important photos of M8+XE from the auction you referred to. Yes, the swastica on these was obscured, but photos posted on eBay aways have censored swasticas. This has nothing to do with the validity of the a/c codes in the photos, but German laws about publishing images of the swastica.
I fully explained my interpretation of these photos in the post and there really isn't anything more to say that relates to the 1939-40 EoE Project period. An article in a past issue of the Axe Urbanke journal, "Luftwaffe Im Focus," covers the larger picture of Grabmann's entire career, and including the codes/W.Nr. of his aircraft after 1940, largely based on copies of his FBs. As Mark Sheppard explained above, "E" was the designator for ZG76 Stab rather than "A," eg. M8+XE. "X" was the letter designating the Gesch Kde's a/c, a practice in some other Stab units besides ZG76. Stab I.(S) later V.(Z)/LG1 also used this system as did the Stuka Gruppe in LG1, IV.(St)/LG1. The Gr Kdr. Stuka in that unit in 1940 was coded L1+XE. So during 1939-40 at least three different Gruppen used this non-standard system, and there are probably others as well. If anyone knows any other units that used this system in 1939-40, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
Regards,
Larry
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