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Re: 1./KG-77 Loss in Suffolk 19th Sept 1940
Again, what type was the RAF machine (Hurricane MK.I) type/serial/code that clamed shot it down? Is "EOE Loss DB" research not more precise than that...
Otherwise, L.H., now "news" is possibly this side. This Ju 88 A-1 (not crumpled togeather "Ju88A-1" as practised by some) Dive-Bomber (Stu.Ka.) aircraft is (by me) suspect have possibly had W.Nr. 088 6141 - as RAF report says it (3Z+GH "White G") made by "NDW in April 40" (sic), but same RAF report does not mention or qoute the W.Nr. (2151) - perhaps it was not visible nor found - but the Ju 88 A-1 088 6141 (lost same day - on same target) was ( when new ) made up from NDW fuselage/tail parts and HWO main wings, but as Ju 88 A-1 088 2151 was AFW/HFW made - on assembly (new) that is - possible exception be if quoted factory indenty was taken from some spare or replacement part fitted on it - so suspected switched indentities are ; with other 1./KG 77 loss same day ; i.e. 2151 vs 6141, "inadvert switch" can quite possibly have been made by clerk at GQu 6.Abt or at unit level (difference was only 3Z+GH versus 3Z+CH and W.Nrs are very similar too).
Finding "the wrong" aircraft has actually happened in archeology circles, and it simply was because the crew took another aircaft to fly, because theirs intended one was unserviceable, but (RAF Operations Diary in this case ) still contains the intended one to fly, as the one crashed.
Regards
-ed
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