Seeking ID of Officer Pilots in ZG26 Bf110 photo on BA Website

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

Can anyone ID the three people in this photo, and the full code and W.Nr. of the Bf110C in the background (3U+A?, W.Nr. XX97)? The men are from left to right: a Lt, Maj, and Oblt. I think it likely that the Maj. could be a Gr Kdr. This can't be the ZG26 Gesch Kde, Huth, as I think that he was an Obstlt by about the time of this photo.

Either the Maj or the Oblt. could be the pilot of a/c "A" in the background with 4 victory tabs. Could this be either von Rethberg (II./ZG26 Gr.Kdr.-- doesn't look like him) or Hans Schalk (III./ZG26 Gr Kdr). The 4 victory tabs and style of the code letters is similar to photos at the ECPA-D showing Schalk's 3U+AD with 6 victory tabs. The code is wrong for I./ZG26 (U8 code vice 3U seen here). The XX97 W.Nr. is wrong for 6./ZG26, which is known to have been W.Nr. 3044. However, this could be Oblt. Montag, the 9./ZG26 StaKap. I'm hoping that there are other photos in this BA series showing the complete code and the rest of the W.Nr.

http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/cros...285099/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=7

Can anyone help?

Regards,