Can anyone help with names on cowlings of these 3./TrGr186 Ju87Bs

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I took a shot at a series of auctions today that failed miserably. Wasn't even the #2 bidder on some of the images.

The Ju87s of TrGr186 (III./StG1 after June, 1940) are not very well represented in the photographic record. It appears that either during the WC of 1940 or by the BoB, this unit, or its successor III./StG1, began putting the names of targets previously attacked on both sides of the cowlings of their Stukas. Two examples of this were auctioned today. These are probably either WC or BoB. Can anyone decipher these target names on J9+GL and J9+FL, or possibly be aware of other photos of the same a/c?

Has anyone done an analysis that would help identify when this practice began?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...OIBUAA:US:1123

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...OIBUAA:US:1123

Second issue: I wasn't able to win the photo of the entire I./TrGr186 in formation flight, probably sometime late in 1939. Does anyone by chance have a high res copy of this photo in their collection that they would be willing to share or trade with us? This same photo or a similar one appears in Mahlke's book, and also in Alfred Price's "Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-45."

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...OIBUAA:US:1123

Any help that can be provided will be much appreciated.

Regards,