Seeking ID of Officer Pilots in ZG26 Bf110 photo on BA Website

[Larry Hickey]

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I should have look this caption up on the BA website. Thanx for pointing this out. I strongly suspected that this was Johann Schalk. If the man on the right is Theodor Rossiwall, I'm not sure what he's doing in a photo with Schalk, unless this was after Schalk moved up to ZG26 Gesch Kde sometime in October, 1940, taking command from Huth. Rossiwall moved from StaKap of 6./ZG26 to StaKap of 5./ZG26 on the morning of 19 May 1940, and was supposed to have brought his Bf110C, W.Nr.3044 with him. To me, the plane in the background looks like Schalk's, 3U+AD, when he was GrKdr of III./ZG26, with the scoreboard appropriate for late WC (FC) or early BoB. But this dosn't explain why the III. Gr Kdr would be talking with a II. Gr pilot.

This is important because I want to do a color profile of Schalk's a/c during this period, and I don't have its W.Nr. If XX97 is Schalk's aircraft, this photo will fill an important gap for me if we can determine the full W.Nr., and confirm that this was his a/c. Often these PK photos were part of a series of photos, and it is likely that other frames from this film strip may show the full a/c code and W.Nr. At least, that's what I'm hoping. Someone may have other photos taken from this film strip, providing the missing info/confirmation needed.

I also want to identify the man on the left, if possible.

Regards,