Thread: Ju 88 Wnr.2591
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Old 9th June 2012, 08:32
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Re: Ju 88 Wnr.2591
My guess is 822591. (88)25xx seem to be used only by bombing units, but Ju 88 A-4LT -variants of 8225xx mainly by anti-shipping unit III/KG 26 in 1943-44. Unfortunately also I have no loss for this number.
The problem is that complete WNr. was not painted on the aircraft, only the last four digits. Also the loss documents normally gave only these digits for earlier A-4s of (88)xxxx and 14xxxx range. Later the numbering system was improved and no duplicate WNrs (the last four digits) existed for the same version.

Maybe Ed could share part of his knowledge of this WNr-system with us?

Matti
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