Unpublished, short-lived I./KG77 insignia during the WC?

[obdl3945]

Hi, Larry...

I hesitated to post this thumbnail, as I have a feeling this is one of the photos you're referring to. But then again, others may not have seen it, and others may have their memories jogged by it... so I decided put it here for everyone's benefit.

The code is largely unreadable, but I do think there is a 'shadow' of '3Z' on the fuselage, and to my eyes at least, an 'N' as the last letter, making this potentially a 5.Staffel machine, but it was your decription of a devil or some creature riding a bomb that prompted me to look. There is something under the canopy which I think could be something on a bomb. I tried working it through Photoshop, but sadly, to no avail in improving what we see.

I'm sure this was a relatively recent posting by Ed West in the last few months from one of his e-bay compilations, and that the original compiler of the photo album had a connection to KG77. There were other photos as well, but I can see nothing on them that shows anything worthwhile.

A long shot, but like I say, it may prompt others to look through their own material.

Regards,

Paul