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Re: Unknown RK Träger Hptm and unit symbol Kharkov 1943
Csaba,
Your man CAN be from .8/ JG 51 ( almost certainly ).
There was a Uffz Heinrich Hoenisch from JG 53 that had a similar personal emblem ( see pg.65 of PRIEN´s vol.1 JG 53 ). However Honisch became a POW on 9 September 1940 after obtaining 6 victories ( so, no RK and no time matches ).
JG 71 had this symbol of the cat arching its back before the war and it seems to have been used as far as 1940 ( am not sure on that date ). Your man ( RK-trager ) should have flown with that Squadron...Had to cross-check .8/JG 51 RK-tragers to find out a man that was with the Squadron since its beginning...
I will send you the photos on your e-mail.
Hope that it will help...
Yours friend and sincerely as ever
Adriano
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