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31st January 2012, 17:00

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Re: Meaning of German word "Buffard" seen on the nose of a 1./KG77 Ju88A

B = Bussard

There was also E = Eule on the same unit.

I think I have seen other names on aircraft of this unit, all linking to the individual aircraft letter. I just need to think where I have seen them, but a photo of a Ju 88 on an RAF lorry in 1940 rings a bell.

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