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Re: Insignia for 6./KG76 during the spring of 1940?
Christian,
Reasonable thought, as there is a lot of individual variation in the Edelwise insignias. However, this does not have a shield, and it is part of a whole staffel of Do17Zs, some of which appear to also have this insignia. The photo is taken under the nose of a French MS406C, so this has to be FC or BoB, and KG51 had only He111s by the beginning of the FC and progressively converted to the Ju88 as the campaign wore on. No Do17Zs at that time in KG51, certainly not a whole Staffel of them. The "F1" unit code on these is probable but not certain, as is the vertical colored band around the fuselage at the wing roots. I don't find anything like this insignia for a Do17 unit in any of the reference books and we really don't have good documentation of a Staffel insignia for 6./KG76 for this period, IIC. This particular aircraft appears to be "F1+CP," but again, this is not certain, especially the "F1."
Thanx,
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