Re: Ju 88 D-1 4N+EH (W. Nr. 0881203) Restoration
Hi Larry;
Never assume anything regarding the Luftwaffe, it might turn out wrong... Erprobungstaffel/KG 30 used
4D+_A and many codes are known. Here are all details I know, they could have been more: I sent this museum an E-mail once but they did´nt really care a proper answer...
W.Nr. 0880797 mfd March 1941
- Ju 88 A-5 [SK+QS] Luftwaffe
- Ju 88 C-2´ 4D+HA Erp.St./KG 30 (Luftflotte 5)
OPS (F) damaged by AA fire, force landed (70%) near Sandfjord at Nordkyn, Kinnarodden [Norway] 28.03.1942 (Staffelkapitän F Hptm. Cuno Gotthardt badly injured, B Oblt. Helmut Lütgens badly injured and BF Uffz. Willi Hillebrecht slightly inj) (rep as Ju 88 A5 797 in LWFLV losses) - Sold by Norwegian Government to <unk> locals after the war ended (1945) - Wreck was recovered in separate operations by RNoAF Museum to local storage site in Northern Norway in 1999 and 2000 - Then moved by ship transport to the RNoAF Museum at Bodö in 2001 - Stored in Bodö [2004]
[Note: W.Nr. 0880797 had C-4 type Zerstörer nosecap; code from SIG Luftwaffe Norway homepage]
cheers
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