Unit emblem Me-109- Belgium - help with recognizition

[Leendert]

I refer to the picture of the Me-109 at bottom right (can be enlarged), reportedly made at the little used Brugge-St. Kruis airfield in the early war years: https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/co...ugge-vliegveld

Not being a Luftwaffe expert myself: who can recognize the unit emblem near the cockpit? This to perhaps identify one of the few German aircraft that made an appearance there.

All help appreciated.

Regards,
Leendert

[bn785371]

Emblem is from JG52.

[Stig Jarlevik]

It is indeed the main JG 52 shield.
But what is behind it?
Am I just imagining things or could it be the startled (angry) cat of 4./JG 52?

Cheers
Stig

[Leendert]

René,

Thanks. Picture perhaps in the short period (26 Feb-6 Mar 1941) that II./JG 52 moved from Berck-sur-Mer to Maldegem by way of St. Kruis (Male)...

Groet,
Leendert

[bn785371]

Missed the second emblem seen here alongside the 4./JG52 "Arched red cat" emblem.

[Leendert]

Stig,

It could very well be the cat of 4./JG 52. Emblem of this was reduced to this size by April 1941, as other pictures show at Maldegem, I now found.

Regards,
Leendert