Erkennungsmarke

[tonda75]

Hi,
please, I'm looking for the identity of the pilots of the 2.Staffel JG 26 who had these Erkennungsmarke:
60015/1
60015/10
60015/12
60015/14
60015/23
60015/32
Thank you all for any information.
Regards Tony

[Matti Salonen]

60015/1 - Losigkeit, Fritz
60015/12 - Müller, Robert
60015/23 - Dietz, Karl

Matti

[tonda75]

Thank you very much Matti for the quick reply.
I thought 60015/1 would be StaKa Oblt.Losigkeit, but your answer is always 100% certainty.
Thank you very much again!
Tony

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Just for curiosity, since I am totally ignorant (0 knowledge about this). How does work the logic for this Erkennungsmarke?

The very first Officer (Staffelkapitän on this case) was the XXXX/1? And then the next airmen transfered onto this unit received, according to rank and date of arrival, their subsequent numbers? Eg: XXXX/2, XXXX/3, etc.?

OR, always the Staffelkapitän was the XXX/1, no matter of changes?

On this particular case (2 Staffel of JG 26)....if the unit received airmen up to the end of the war (May 45), the number would rise to something like 60015/443 for example?

And how can one find the correct code for those MARKES according to the Staffel or Geschwader? Is there a list for that?

For instance was up to the end of the war 60015 the code for the 2nd Staffel of JG 26?

Am sorry for so many questions, but this is the first time I saw such subject being raised and since I do have ZERO knowledge about this, I would like to learn a bit about.

Adriano

OBS: Do you can suggest me further reading to learn about this?

[Larry deZeng]

Try these, Adriano:

Decoding Erkennungsmarken (dogtags):

http://www.dererstezug.com/Erkennungsmarke.htm
Höidal, Jean. Deutsche Erkennungsmarken des Zweiten Weltkrieges (Reihe Uniform und Ausrüstung deutscher Streitkräfte Band 8) (Gebundene Ausgabe).
Höidal, Jean. Deutsche Erkennungsmarken - Von den Anfängen bis heute: Mit den geheimen Codierungen (MOB-Listen) der Luftwaffe.
http://www.amazon.de/Erkennungsmarken-Weltkrieges-Ausrüstung-deutscher-Streitkräfte/dp/3931533409/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214033294&sr=8-5
http://www.amazon.de/Deutsche-Erkennungsmarken-Von-Anfängen-heute/dp/3931533522/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214033294&sr=8-1

Larry deZ.

[RT]

At first when introduce, right all pilots received 60015/xx, after with all crew turn-over, pilots could received them directly at the school units, regarding who has this of this after schlash number usually the Sta.Ka. hv the one , but also age is taken as a criterium, nd also the special duties they hv Ia, TO ...
Rémi

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Rémi and Larry,

Very kind of yours to enhance my knowledge. Thank you very very much.

A.