Photo Junkers J.I
 

Hello



Currently for sale on ebay at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Frankre...cAAOSwnAJeNrPh


is a photo of Junkers J.I 113/17



Any information on the operator would be helpful.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a line up of Junkers J.I. Nearest the camera J.857/17 and next back J.815/17 I think at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Feldflu...QAAOSweFhevTkL


J.857/17 is known to have served with FA (A) 263, so perhaps that is the unit depicted.


I'd also welcome other views on whether I've read the serials correctly, since upon checking I've already seen this photo which was either captioned J.867/17 and J.818/17 or that's how I read it at the time.




Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Clint

We both know by now that few photos sold on e-bay comes out crystal clear (unfortunately).

For what it's worth I also read these two numbers as 857/17 and 815/17.
Especially the aircraft nearest to the photographer is difficulty to interpret as anything else. The second one is more tricky, even if I don't want to risk my neck for it, I would say 815 is pretty certain. The /17 is not visible at all as far as I can judge, but since no /18 fits, my bet is still on 815/17

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Junkers J.I at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Foto-Fl...kAAOSwn~5fZOt2


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a flightline of Junkers J.I led by 576/18 at:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/39391910878...sAAOSwzUBiAbVt


Has anyone an opinion on the serial of the second machine in the line?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Looks like 596/18 or 598/18 to me Clint

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

Hi Stig,


Thanks. You are correct. It's J.596/18.Kees Kort has another photo,presumably taken at the same time on his site:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/12362210754


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

I agree

Should have checked my files. There is a whole range of photos taken on this field.
One of them says it was near Tellancourt in France and the date was 19 Nov 1918
That does not mean every photo of the line up was on said date

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photo Junkers J.I
 

And I should have checked Colin Ower's Junkers vol.1 for Aeronaut.Normally I'd have entered the details in my excel doc,so no idea why I didn't on this occasion.:(


The airfield info is interesting though.Hopefully it will be possible to discover the identity of the unit based at Tellancourt at the end of the war.


Also,here are more photos of the same aircraft:


https://live.staticflickr.com/4827/4...2a75908b_b.jpg



https://external-preview.redd.it/QcB...=webp&7cf92a3b


Peter M Grosz in WDF 39 has these aircraft at Villers La Chèvres (sp?) but the two locations are close,so no doubt the same location is intended.



Regards,


Clint