Wing coding Bf110 and in general

[carlmu]

Evgeny!
Many thanks for the reply, appreciate it!
Carl

[Fernando Estanislau]

The third letter on the fuselage should be in the wing tip, also on upper surfaces. Later they were progressively removed, in some cases here and there even from the lower wing surfaces.

However, be careful. It is not uncommon to see aircraft which retained the original Stammkenzeichen (factory codes) under the wings, but had them overpainted on fuselage by the unit letters.

So, if you see a letter on the wing tip, it is possible but not 100% certain it is on fuselage. It could be the first (starboard side) or fourth (portside) Stammkenzeichen letter. The image attached illustrates the point.



Best regards.

[carlmu]

Mant thanks, Fernando!
Let turn the question: IF the underwing letter toward the wing tip can be read, will the third letter on the fuselage be the same? The reason for asking is the plane of Erich Groth. In the German vermisst list the plane is coded M8+TC, the letter T however is written with pencil and must be added later, not machine typed as the rest is. The attached photo is from Pori in Finland 4 days before Groth and his Bordfunker were killed in a crash in the moutains in Hallingdal in Norway 12. August 1941. As can be seen from the picture, the left underwing letter is K. So, when the letter 1,2 and 4 is known, the coding must read M8+KC?