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Re: Me410 Pergia FTR 27/11/43
Hi, George.
They did belong to the 'Orlowski' Gruppe... in the sense that their unit at the time was commanded by Major Orlowski. We have seen in numerous occasions that pilots referred to their unit based on nickname or unit commanders name - this was in their context not wrong (for example JG 2 pilots or even official letters or telegrams referring to their unit as Richthofen Geschwader).
So at the time Gruppe Orlowski = Fernaufklärungsgruppe 122.
This might of course be based on the fact that Major Orlowski was recently posted as missing, and that the unit 'took' his name as a way of honouring him. Being a recent Ritterkreuz recepient he would certainly be a prominent and as the officer in command a very important person in the unit.
Regards,
Andreas B
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