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I can offer that with regard to Erprobungsgruppe 210, pilots of 1st Staffel travelled across country in Ju52/3m(s) to pick up fighter-bomber 110s in early August 1940. Up until then, 1st Staffel had only flown the 30 mm. MG 101 cannon armed Bf 110 C-6. After a short period of training they used the fighter-bombers in combat for the first time on 11th August.
Another method was that aircraft damaged but repairable were sent to repair facilities, and from there were re-issued to units. They were not always returned to the same unit, as I have a photo showing a Bf 110 with the Erpr. Gr. 210 emblem slightly overpainted with a Sharksmouth. Undoubted evidence that it had initially been with Erpr. Gr. 210, been repaired, and then re-issued to II,.ZG 76.
Hope this helps, Hawk-Eye.
John Vasco
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