JG53 Markings during The Battle of Britain

[Jon]

This response was put onto the other site...no mention of the Swastika though?

When Hans-Jurgen von Cramon-Taubadel, Kommodore of JG53, married a white girl from a family whose Aryan credentials where not quite 100%, his unit was collectively punished by being ordered to overpaint "Ace Of Spades" insignia with simple red band around engine cowling , by the end of July. On the other hand the von Cramon was the only one of the "Old Guard" Kommodoren not receive the Knights Cross. Then on 13.August Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke ordered that on all III./JG53 machines swastikas to be overpainted in sign of protest. Finally on 20th November when JG53 scored its 500th victory, order was rescinded and "Ace Of Spades" insignia was again back at JG53 right up to the end of the war.