[Stig Jarlevik]

Andreas

Very interesting information indeed!
Do you agree with Mikael Holm that 1.(Z)/JG 77 was formed from 2./ZG 76 in June 1941 or should the date May 24th be considered to be correct?

Reason I bring this up is that your answer seems to indicate III./ZG 76 was somewhat oversized and in spite of all three Staffeln becoming II./SKG 210 there were enough men and aircraft to form I.(Z)/JG 77.

Holm is not consistent, since if you check what he says about 2./ZG 76 it became 5./NJG 1 when I./ZG 76 was renamed II./NJG 1 on 7.9.1940, but then again it was used to form 1.(Z)/JG 77 in June 1941. So unless 2./ZG 76 (or parts of it) lived on in Norway, 1.(Z)/JG 77 had to come out of something, unless of course it should be considered to be newly formed.

Cheers
Stig