Read the first part of this article here. At the end of September, 1939, I./JG 77 was moved to western Germany, and Priebe managed a kill on the very first combat flight in the area. It occurred on the 11th of October over Lauterburg, and the victim was a French high-wing Mureaux 115 (No. 12) reconnaissance plane from GAO 553. The French crew’s mission was to photograph bridges over the Rhein around Worth. S/Lt Laluée was injured and taken prisoner, while Lt. B. Hautiere was killed. At the beginning of 1940, fuselage of Red ‘1’ received a coat of light blue paint, but the fuselage

In April 1939, Janke’s Wanderzirkus moved again from Olomouc to Breslau-Schöngarten airfield, and in May began to re-equip from the Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1 to ‘light’ Bf 109 E-1s and ‘heavy’ Bf 109 E-3s. At the end of August, I./JG 77 moved to the field at Juliusburg (today Dobroszyce not far from Wroclaw) to be in a location better suited to support the attack on Poland. There are two color films from this period, available on the internet, that capture not only Trautloft, but also aircraft from his 2. Staffel. In case you missed it, you might want to read the previous article