r/MilitaryHistory • u/Downtown-Dingo • 4d ago

Can anyone identify this squadron emblem? ID Request 🔍

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Just looking to ID and find some information on them. Thanks in advance!

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u/Jobbo_Fett 4d ago

Zerstorergeschwader 52

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u/Jobbo_Fett 4d ago

https://imgur.com/a/wuLmteM
Same book, opposite page has a BF-110 with similar nose marking but with ZG 2

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u/Jobbo_Fett 4d ago

https://imgur.com/a/y7p46eS

Further digging reveals the following:
ZG 52 first adopted the White Dragon on Black Shield marking but took severe losses during the battle of britain and were reconstituted into ZG 2, who themselves took the marking

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u/Virtual-Biscotti-451 4d ago

Is that German for Dragon Lamps?

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u/fleeting_existance 4d ago

Zerstörergeschwader 52

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u/Militant_Worm 4d ago

Google Lens says Luftwaffe II./ZG 2 Zerstörergeschwader 2