info about emblem on he111 9K+AA Oberst Kammhuber

[obdl3945]

Hi, Goran...

Yes, I have seen this photo before. Until you posted it this afternoon, I have to admit that I hadn't looked at it properly. I'd sort of thought it was from the Balkan campaign, given the lighter shade on the top of the left engine cowling, but on looking at it again, I don't think so.

I'd say it was an A-5 (inset ailerons, A-4 style wing tips, no blister under the engine cowling and single machine gun in rear canopy), but the most striking thing for me is the noticeably bright colour on the first letter 'A'... almost as though it was white or yellow. The strength of shade is really quite remarkable, especially when comparing it to the Ju88 in the photo beside the Heinkel fuselage which you posted earlier, and despite there being some degree of shadow in that picture. However, it may well be a classic case of the film used to take this photo has changed over the years, and consequently colours show up differently over the passage of time, a common phenomenon for some types of film used during the war.

Regards...