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put myself several questions about the Erkennungsmarke (or Dog Tag) : is there a logical in the attribution of the Erkennungsmarke? If we take the example of 3 fighter pilots. The Erkennungsmarke could be for example:
-Werner : 65177 / 2
-Hans : 65177 / 6
-Otto : 65177 /14

First question: Is 65177 corresponds to a Jagdgeschwader, a Staffel or a Gruppe ? The fact that ours 3 Erkennungsmarke begin all with 65177 means that our 3 pilots were affected in the same Staffel, gruppe or JG?
Number given for each staffel for each unit
JG8 1.St. 65177 2.St. 65178..., a number for the Stab Staffel I don't think

Second question: Each time a pilot transferred in an other unit (JG, Staffel or Gruppe), was a new Erkennungsmarke given to him, or did he preserved his own Erkennungsmarke during all his career ?
It seems that they hv only one, like a surname

Third question : did the Erkennungsmarke given to a pilot when he entered in Jagdschule or only in a active unit (Jagdgeschwader, Staffel ou Gruppe)?
They hv one 'temporary" during their "Ausbildung" but built with the unit name FAR13+Figure or Art.rg.+Figure, after beg. of war they get one when they reach front units, later on the units like JGr.West, Süd.. give one also

Fourth question: Concerning the last number of the Erkennungsmarke , is it corresponds to something? If we take ours 3 pilots, is it means that Werner arrived before Hans and Otto in the same unit or there is an another logical?
Norm. 1 is for the sta.ka. Gr.kdr etc. after 2,3,4,5... are given at first when the system was built by age , the elder get the 2 , second elder the 3 etc... when a new one arrive in the unit he received the next figure not used in the row, I suppose



Fifth question, my own, letters are added a/b/c/d..possibly because they don't want to go higher than a given figure 199 or 299 or 999 ???

Rémi

Nota bene, not read in the books just my experience