Unidentified He111 insignia on two force-landed a/c Western Campaign

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Originally Posted by robert

Hi,

of course I didn`t refer to this photo. The original print of above photo reveals that this plane has a full fuselage code and was flown most likely by the 3./LG1.
It probably crash-landed on the 10.05.40.
Three other He-111 with the same emblem have a strange-painted propellers and most probably belonged to 1./LG1 (one of them came down in the vicinity of Dunkirk).
This "devil riding a bomb" emblem is very similar to emblem introduced by 3./KG1 especially when the full view of emblem is blocked.

Regards

Robert

Thank you very much for replying Robert!

The only a/c I can find matching your info about a 3./LG 1 He 111 crash-landed on 10.05.1940 is L1+EL with FF Fw. Werner Hartmann, which crashed near Néchin east of Lille after being shot down by Hurricanes of No. 607 Sq.
Source: Cornwell P.214 and Taghon p.439. (see earlier in thread about references)

Crew captured, BS Saas KIA and FF being wounded. Aircraft was a write-off. The circumstances does not seem to match the photos I have seen, unless the a/c was photographed after recapture and providing no souvenirs had been taken!

As you seem to be confident about the Heinkel (post #15) carrying a LG 1 code being clearly visible on an original, can you share a visual? Seing is believeing, particularly in this case as the posted photos do not give away even a hint regarding the unit code!

Regarding the other two He 111s with the same emblem you mention, can you give advice on photo sources or are these hidden in private archives?

Cheers
Goran