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Old 7th June 2021, 17:14
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Re: Information sort on Fw Helmut Lußky - flier with 3.ZG1

The W. Nr. stays with the airframe, wherever it goes.

80% damaged might mean a lot of components were considered written off by the unit (Wings, engines,) but if enough remained to repair and refit, it would then go out to a front-line unit again with the same W. Nr.. From what I have discovered, very rarely do they go back to the same unit - simply sent to units needing replacements.

So it could have initially have been with a different unit, then damaged, then issued to ZG 1.
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