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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
Also, the Wk Nr from the G report doesn't match the NVM or QMG's returns.
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Chris, quite right, this 1258 is "Serial Number" - as the TNA AIR 22/266 CREA report says -
and is not same as W-Nr. 0886129 (CREA does not say its an W-Nr. does it?) Well its not the same, but is truly a valid Serial number, certainly from the part plate it was obtained from..
These were the
B.Nr. known from many other NDW / HWO made Ju 88īs (i.e part plates) and fits quite well be about the 258th (fuselage) by NDW, that was fitted to (088)6129, as HWO was their building partner, supplying the wings to NDW, and getting fuselages from NDW.
Simple math here: 258 divided by two, you have 129 (0886129).
And they started at B.Nr. 1001 for A-1, and 2001 for A-4īseries.
My take here is that NDW Ju 88
part numbers serials, known from under 1001 (and there are some) be likely supplied to other assembly lines, and NDW parts are indeed known from other assemblers airplanes.
I have indentified some such numbers in various publications, reports and such, even attempted tying them down to unknown W.Nrīs in crash reports. Problem here is finding if they were close enough to original plane or month, or if it were all parts with the same B.Nr. that made up the same airplane, or in which order they were issued to NDW or HWO assembly lines.
Such
B.Nr.īs numbers are also known from NDW He 111īs, and other similar numbers are known from factories in
Ju 88 program alone, but some of this stuff has had aviation enthusiasts "baffled" for decades. It seems many goes for the W-Nr., and behave ther be no other "Holy Grail" to pusue (sorry the pun, no offence meant).
-Ed