[ArtieBob]

IMHO, when a LW aircraft was wrecked, someone at the unit level made an evaluation of the extent of damage. Usually, at this point, a recovery unit took over, loaded and shipped the remains to a central location for that specific type, where whatever usable was salvaged or scrapped. If the cockpit area of the fuselage was repairable, as that was the section that usually "owned" the W.Nr., the W.Nr. could be resurrected although not much of the original aircraft was still attached. I have seen several instances of this with the Ju 88s also. This was not always done as indicated by photos of scrapyards at various airfields. This probably was the result of recovery units not being available and inadequate access to rail transport. Just my opinions.

Best regards,

Artie Bob