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Old 21st March 2020, 10:13
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Unknown Stuka plain
Hi,

This Photo is offered by an ebay auction, a stuka plane with a giraffe emblem, allegedly at Crete. Question: unit?


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Old 21st March 2020, 12:52
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Byron,

This would be 6./StG 1 aircraft. The Staffel apparently had a flair for unusual, so it paid various exotic animals on the Stukas' engine cowling.

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Thanks Sinisa, you are right, much obliged
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You are very welcome, Byron. Glad that I could assist you with the query.

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It would be great to find this emblem coloured.
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On page 120 of Luftwaffe Emblems by Barry Ketley, there is this entry: "During 1942 the aircraft carried instead individual 'heavy' animal insignias, such as rhinos and hippos, on the cowlings." The official emblem was "A devil seated on a diving bomb, carrying a torch. Inherited from 9./St.G 51 in July 1940."


None of the animal emblems are shown.
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