Luftwaffe callsigns question

[Evgeny Velichko]

Hi gents!

I wonder, what words did kampf, stuka, schlacht and zerstorer pilots used to callsigns? For example: Bf110 M8+IP was "Ida-Paula", 3U+TC was "Taube-Caesar" e.t.c.

As far as I know:

A - Anton
B - Bertha or Bruno
C - Caesar
D - Dora
E - Emil
F - Fritz
G - Gustav
...
T - Taube

What were other letters? For example, what would be callsign for L1+JH?

[Kaczmarek]

Hi Evgeny,

the German phonetic alphabet as follow:

A - Anton
B - Bertha
C - Cäsar
D - Dora
E - Emil
F - Friedrich
G - Gustav
H - Heinrich
I - Ida
J - Julius
K - Konrad
L - Ludwig
M - Martha
N - Nordpol
O - Otto
P - Paula
Q - Quelle
R - Richard
S - Siegfried
T - Theodor
U - Ulrich
V - Viktor
W - Wilhelm
X - Xanthippe
Y - Ypsilon
Z - Zeppelin

Hope this helps.

Kaczmarek

[Evgeny Velichko]

Thanks a lot!

[Horst Weber]

Good evening Evgeny !

Kaczmarek is completely right !.

But there was a pre-WW2/WW2 spelling and there is a post WW2/current phonetic alphabeth spelling in Germany.

Kaczmarek`s list is allright, but you may find the letter "K" also as "Kaufmann" today.

Best regards !

Horst Weber