Me 109 with unknown emblem, Fw 190 Wk 171680 and other photos

[waxdart]

Hi Folks,

New here and I'm just a car modeler who dabbles in modeling aircraft so be gentle. I was researching the G-14 Yellow 25 from KG(J) 55 Greif with "the Google" and this thread popped up. I was confused as to why most of the info came up with bombers for 55. So I gather the bomber group became a fighter group at the end of the war? As I said Luftwaffe is not my second language so is KG a bomber group and JG a fighter group? So what does the KG(J) stand for. I first thought this one A/C was a squadron hack. Has anyone seen any other A/C from this group besides Y25? Very interesting bird to model. Thanks for any help!

Tim Keily
Round Rock, TX. Earth

[obdl3945]

Hi, Tim...

The KG(J) designation was seen towards the end of the war. I, too, am limited in detail here, but for example, I have a model of an Me262A-1a jet fighter, which carries the code B3+AA. The 'B3' code belongs to KG54, but when they were issued with their Me262s, they were ordered to undertake fighter duties instead of bomber duties, hence the addition of the (J) suffix. So, my understanding is that KG(J) units were formerly bomber units whose role changed to that of a fighter unit.

Somethng tells me that some of the intended KG(J) units never materialised and so were 'paper' entries only, but I'm sure someone with a little more knowledge on this subject might put us both right.

Oh, and welcome aboard too... hope you like the forum.

Kindest regards,

Paul