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John Fredrik

10th July 2009 22:24

Unit info : U4+??

Hi!

Have anybody information about the unit marked U4 +??.
This is the same unit the JU88 A-1 now under restouration in Norway was flying for.( www.ju88.net)
I can not find anything anywhere....

Cheers
John Fredrik

ChrisS

10th July 2009 22:44

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Hello John

I am not an expert but I believe that KG 30 may have briefly held the letters U4 in 1940. However it may be that the code belongs to Erprobungsgruppe 4 certainly a Do 17P-1 carried U4+BK in 1939.

Cheers

Chris

John Fredrik

11th July 2009 21:31

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Yes is it possible this is early markings for KG 30 but I wonder if this group was a kind of special group like Kgr 100 Pathfinders was.

Cheers
John Fredrik

robert

11th July 2009 21:53

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Hi,

U4 was ErgKgr4
It was advanced training unit, which was created at the end of September 1939 from elements of I./KG30, 7./FBK KG27, I/Lehrgruppe Ju 88 in Greifswald. One month later it was redestignated to ErgKGr4, allocated to Luftflotte 4 and given code markings: U4. In November 1939 it had 10 Ju 88 planes and 29 crews undergoing training. Apparently due to shortage of Ju 88 on 20.2.40 also 5 Do 17M and 11 Ju 87 planes were on hand.

Regards

Robert

John Fredrik

13th July 2009 16:45

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Hi Robert!
This was very usefull information. Is it possible to find any info about crew members form this group , KIA `s and so on..
We have difficulties of finding the name of most probarly kiled crew member in U4+TK.
The navigator seat was full of blood and a bullet was found in the chair aswell.

Cheers
John Fredrik

robert

13th July 2009 17:30

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Hi,

and do you have date of this loss?

Robert

John Fredrik

13th July 2009 19:08

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Quote:

Originally Posted by robert (Post 88600)

Hi,

and do you have date of this loss?

Robert

This loss must be between 12-25. april 1940 in Norway.

John Fredrik

robert

13th July 2009 19:17

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Hi,

I found it under 17.4.40 but I have no information that somebody was killed or wounded. It belonged to I./KG30, W.Nr. 0119.

Regards

Robert

John Fredrik

13th July 2009 19:34

Re: Unit info : U4+??

Maybe it is a mission impossible to find this information?
The plane went thru the ice around 17. April 1940 so I think this airmen was wounded or killed around that time.

Hi probarly rest here at a cemetary in Trondheim and I am now sorting any KIA in this time area , a unforgiven job..have about 50 names on a list right now.
The job after the sorting of names are to find out what they did, if they were army og airmen ...

Thanks Robert, you have been of great help.

Cheers
John Fredrik

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