group photo of luftwaffe personnell cant work out why theve got white bands around there hats. 

luftwaffe group photo

The Dornier 18 has the distinction of being the first German aircraft to fall to British gunfire. This occurred on  September 26th 1939 felled by a Blackburn Skua. The German crew landed safely in the water and were picked up by a British patrol, who then destroyed the aircraft .(The Colonel)

Dornier Do18 flying boat

Ernst Udet, Adolf Galland, and Werner Molders. During the Battle of France Udet was head of the Luftwaffe's Technical Office, Galland the operations officer of Jagdgeschwader 27, and Molders the top scoring ace of Jagdgeschwader 53 ('Richtofen') (The Colonel)