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Re: Possible Staffel or Schwarm insignia on rudders of some 3./KG55 He111Ps during the Polish Campaign?
Ian,
I owe you a detailed response to the email you sent a few days ago. Will get to that shortly. I'm familiar with the images of G1+HP, which are incorrectly identified in the Walter Waiss KG27 books as being KG27, and in the Hall/Quinlan KG55 book as being related to the Battle of Britain. In fact, they are 6./KG55 and date back to the Polish Campaign and Phoney War period. Different He111s carrying the code G1+HP were shot down during both the WC (FC) and the BoB, and this one pre-dates both of them.
Your idea that cartoon characters carrying an umbrella were common in KG55 (and other units) is accurate, and they were usually a send up on Chamberlain. However, I'm not sure if that is the case with these figures on the 3./KG55 He111 rudders during the PC. They may be, but there also may be a character in German culture or literature from the time that this represents. Just want to explore that option. I also want to see if we can turn up any other images of this figure, or variations thereof, in the published photos out there. Somewhere I've seen this imagery before, but I can't put my finger on it at the moment.
Regards,
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