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Hello Byron, Hello Larry,

So Larry: <... on 28 January when a Ju 52 crashed on Rhodes...> later <...in the latter part of May it returned to Germany to rest, refit...> and last <... It was the first Luftwaffe transport unit to fly to Rhodes ...> , all this between (globaly) Dec. 40 and June 41.
For one plane they lost on Rhodes they adopt that very sophisticated emblem?
At that time Rhodes was Italien territory and the K.Gr.z.b.V. 9 based in Sicilia. If you think they adopt this emblem because of that lost say it. They send somebody down there to look at Rhodes to get an emblem idea in commemoration????
Following that link http://www.ww2.dk/air/transport/kgrzbv9.html K.Gr.z.b.V. 9 was created at the end of 1939 and, by the way Byron, the first Gruppenkommandeure was Maj. Karl Christ. The question now is when they did adopt that emblem? and Sorry Larry I'm not convinced by this only lost. Can be right, but I'm not convinced. This emblem is too far sophisticated to be justify like this.

Last, German occupied Rhodes in September 1943. This emblem was already in use, didn't it?

Regards,
Franck.