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Re: Code 4E+KB
Hi, Mark...
'4E' was the code of Aufklärungsgruppe 13. In Barry Rosch's Luftwaffe Codes, Markings and Units 1939-1945, there are several photos of aircraft with this code attributed to that unit. I was initially confused with your reference to Aufkl. Gr 1, as I don't recall there being such a unit, but maybe I will be corrected on that one. I would read the 4E+KB code as Stab/Aufkl.Gr 13. The above-mentioned book usually gives Gruppe/Staffel letters if there are any anomalies to the usual coding structure, but not in this case.
12.Staffel (H)/Aufkl.Gr 13 was apparently termed as a Nachtstaffel. Rosch's book states that this may have had the coding '2Q', with an unknown staffel letter. Most of the references to the photos and drawings show machines in the 1942-43 period and they are all captioned as being in Russia... one more specifically in Volchansk, Kharkov area.
Lastly my apologies, because I have no information on Einflg. Bischof.
Regards
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