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09-14-2011, 08:56 PM
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My own understanding is tenuous at best, but "3U" designates the unit code (ZG26); "L" the letter of the aircraft in the color of the Staffel, which is yellow; and "T" 9 Staffel.
As Ilya and company say in the Pilot's Notes to Cliffs of Dover: "The tactical markings system for the Luftwaffe in WWII must have been designed by a mad genius." 
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09-15-2011, 06:05 AM
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And if you think there was order in the german system ... forget it. While researching the units, markings and emblems for CloD I stumbled across numerous exceptions to the standard rules ... for example I./KG 1 continued to use the tactical codes of a IV. Gruppe (it had been IV./KG 255 before). Same goes for a number of Stuka units and even some destroyers. The BoB, in that respect, was pretty wild and chaotic since a lot of units had been amalgamated into new units right before the battle.
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09-15-2011, 01:26 PM
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That seem to reflect the amateurish organization of the LW and its aristrocratic affectation quite well, or not? (At least compared to Dowdings staff.)
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09-15-2011, 01:30 PM
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No really. In fact it's simply a sign of restructuring. The peace-time unit designation system was based on the static Luftgaue (or Luftflotten) - which was simply too inflexible for a war. The Battle of France had shown that unified Geschwader structures were better than individual Gruppen assigned to "foreign" Stäbe ... a unified Geschwader identity did not only promise better morale and cohesion but also simplified supply and operational details.
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