Unpublished, short-lived I./KG77 insignia during the WC?

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I've got two photos in the EOE DB that show a previously unpublished insignia on the noses of individual 1./KG77 and 2./KG77 Do17Zs, both probably taken about the time of the WC. This suggests more than a personal or Staffel-level emblem, but one that might have been used on all, or most, I./KG77 aircraft during the WC. The photos show this insignia on 3Z+JH and 3Z+AK. I've found no example of this insignia in any of the reference pubs back through Karl Ries.

Does anyone have a close-up view of this insignia, which appears to be a devil or some sort of a creature riding a bomb. Examples from aircraft other than those mentioned above would also be helpful, especially ones that might establish it's use on I Stab or 3./KG77 aircraft.

After the FC and into the early BoB, KG77 progressively re-equipped with the Ju88, so I suspect that this emblem was short-lived, and replaced on any unit aircraft using it by the familiar Geschawader flag insignia.

Can anyone help confirm this, with either photos or documentation, and help define how widely this was used?

Thanx,