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Old 11th April 2011, 12:23
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Re: Can you identify a german aircraft by its main engine data plate??

Hello.

In theory you could also get the engine numbers the following way:

After an aircraft went missing, shot down, lost the unit holding it would turn over the paperwork to the Quartermaster office of the Luftflotte.

Also - any spares etc was to be sent to the a given location. I have seen some of these documents, and in these the engine number(s) was included.

Of course - 99.99% of these documents have most probably been destroyed - but if they were present you would find your engine number in there.

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