Black numbers and horizontal bar indicate they are Staffel 8 assigned to II./JG2 on 21 September 1943. Staffel 8 was based in Conches in November 1943, joining the rest of Gruppe II at Creil in northen France. In August 1944 II./JG2 moved to St. Trond, then again to Frankfurt-Eschborn the following month. At the end of September 1943 the Gruppe moved for the last time to Nidda 40km northeast of Frankfurt.
On their return from Tunisia II./JG2 flew the Messerschmitt Bf 109G from May 1943 until December of that year when it was re-equipped with the Fw 190A-6, armed with 2 x 13mm machine guns and 4 x 20mm cannon (
WGS firepower - short BCCCC, long ACC).
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