26.11.2009, 11:21
Brophmeister Wrote:Unfortunately the DDR uses the same markings as the Luftwaffe in game, it would be superb if they had a set of proper maltese crosses and no swastika.
No German Air Force has ever used a Maltese Cross (actually - the Cross of the Knights Hospitaller Order of St. John):
![[Image: 140px-Maltese-Cross-Heraldry.svg.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Maltese-Cross-Heraldry.svg/140px-Maltese-Cross-Heraldry.svg.png)
What they use(d) is the Iron Cross. It was in use during WW1 and after WW2 in Federal Republic of Germany FRG aka BRD aka West Germany:
![[Image: 180px-Bundeswehr_Kreuz.svg.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bundeswehr_Kreuz.svg/180px-Bundeswehr_Kreuz.svg.png)
DDR - aka GDR aka East Germany was a Communist state on the Soviet controlled territories of divided Germany. They used the following symbol for their air force:
![[Image: 180px-Emblem_of_aircrafts_of_NVA_%28East...29.svg.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Emblem_of_aircrafts_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg/180px-Emblem_of_aircrafts_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png)