"Winged devil (?) riding a bomb" emblem - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Dénes Bernád · #1 9th April 2016, 14:03

Can anyone identify the Lw bomber unit this emblem belonged to?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flugzeug...p2047675.l2557

Thanks,

sidney · #2 9th April 2016, 14:43

Dénes, I think that it was 3./KG 77 emblem.

Since you were a LEMB member, I believe that you can still access the related discussion here http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/fo...howtopic=14076

Regards,
Sinisa

Andy Mitchell · #3 9th April 2016, 15:01

Denes,

Have a look at this topic on the LutwaffeData Forum

There are a number of other photos of this emblem

edwest2 · #4 9th April 2016, 21:33

Looking at the LEMB images, it appears that it is a nightmare creature. It has human legs that end in hooves. The tattered wing edges are most strange. I would say the face is bat-like. That said, the connection to KG 77 is the most likely.

Perhaps taken from a story book from the period? Minus the bomb, of course.

Ed

Dénes Bernád · #5 10th April 2016, 10:19

Thank you all for the leads. So it was most probably used by 1./KG 77 on its Do 17s in 1940.

sidney · #6 10th April 2016, 10:30

Not sure that it was exactly 1./KG 77, but you have a long discussion on the subject here on the TOCH also http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...+bomb+insignia

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