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Old 12th December 2017, 01:19
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Re: Luftwaffe Designation for Russian Aircraft as 'J-18'

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Originally Posted by Rasmussen View Post
This hasn't to do how sounds things in German --- J is the handwritten form of the letter I (and the printed J) and I is the printed form of the letter I.
How do you explain this then:


Source: Bf 110 D-0/B, S9+CK, of 2./Erprobungsgruppe 210. Shot down on 15th August 1940 at Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Later shipped to the USA in April 1941.
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