Need help identifying pilot of 1940 Bf110 from 8./ZG76 with 7 victories

[Evgeny Velichko]

Originally Posted by John Vasco

Evgeny,
When II./ZG 1 became III./ZG 76 they did not change the Staffel letter on the fuselage of their aircraft.
Do you have definite proof of the direct link between an aircraft coded 2N+AN later being coded S9+AN?

John:

Looking on photos of III./ZG76 aircrafts in spring 1941 (may-april), I can say:

At least 7./ZG76 and 9./ZG76 changed their fourth character of code from M to R and from P to T.

Also, if we will look in III./ZG76 losslist, we will see:

8./ZG76 lost a/c with code 2N+GS, and 7./ZG76 lost 2N+DR and 2N+KR.

Then: ZerstorerStaffel./JG77 was formed from parts of 7./ZG76, and took some zerstorers from that Staffel. For some time, they kept its original code 2N+_R, but in early summer 1941 1st character was changed from "2" to "L", and "DaschhundStaffel" got its code LN+_R.

It seems, only Stab III./ZG76 kept its "C" charachter and didnt changed it to "D". I have two photos of same a/c - 2N+GC while with III./ZG76 in Norway and S9+GC while with II./SKG210 in USSR.

About 2N+AN - I have photo of D-3 2N+AN, and I may only suggest that it was (if not lost with code not listed) renamed in 2N+AS and later S9+AN. It was probably lost in early days of Barbarossa campaign, because next S9+AN was lost already in late july 1941.