markings IV./JG 1 and pilot to identify

[TigerTimon]

Hello,

Soon I'll have these two pictures colourised by an artist:

https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...oorlogstijd%22

https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...%22Foto%27s%22

Now I have some questions about the markings of IV. Gruppe:

What colours did the tactical numbers and the 'o' marking behind the Balkenkreuz have?

Was it like this?

10. Staffel - white
11. Staffel - red
12. Staffel - yellow

About the 'devil in the clouds' or 'Teufel in den Wolken' emblem:
did the background have a yellow or a light-blue colour?

In the second picture, there is a pilot. Is someone able to identify him? If so, it would be possible to identify the Staffel.

Thank you very much!
Kind regards,
Timon Legemaat

[Leo Etgen]

Hello Timon

According to the entries in the IV./JG 1 loss list you are correct in the tactical colors of the component Staffeln. The background of the IV./JG 1 emblem (inherited from 2./JGr 101 and later used by I./JG 1) is now considered to have been yellow based on research by Rodeike and Mombeek.

Horrido!

Leo

[Rottler]

Hello Timon,

according to JFV Vol. 7 the Staffel colors were white (10./JG 1), black - not red - (11./JG 1) and yellow (12./JG 1).

Regards
Leo

[Leo Etgen]

Hi guys

Yes, I overlooked that the original post had listed the 11./JG 1 tactical color as red, it was black as Rottler pointed out. Unfortunately, I have no idea who the pilot may have been although judging from the color of the tactical marking the aircraft would appear to have belonged to 12./JG 1.

Horrido!

Leo

[TigerTimon]

Leo and Leo, to both of you: thank you very much! This helps me out a lot.


Regards,
Timon