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Originally Posted by Evgeny Velichko
Hi gents!
As for me, I feel strange looking on photoes - why they changed their Bf110 code, but not to V Gruppe code but to I Gruppe?
For example: Bf110 of I./LG 1 during Polish campaign show L1+A11 code, but with V./LG 1 during French campaighn they use L1+AK code... Why didnt they changed it to (for example) L1+AX?
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Evgeny,
In 1940, there were several examples of a change in unit designation, but no change in the Staffel letters apllied to the Bf 110s.
So, II./ZG 1 became III./ZG 76, but they continued to carry the codes 2N+-M/2N+-N/2N+-P, and I./ZG 52 on becoming II./ZG 2 continued to carry the codes A2+-H/A2+-K/A2+-L
Hence V.(Z)/LG 1, which had previously carried the Staffel letters 'H', 'K' and 'L', simply continued to do so rather than change them.
Also, 1./Erpr. Gr. 210's Bf 110 C-6s continued to carry the old unit's code of 2N (1./ZG 1) until they took on charge their first batch of Bf 110 D-0/B fighter-bombers (early August 1940), when the unit code on the C-6s was changed to S9.