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Re: Use of 4-bladed propellors on the Ju88?
Hi Larry;
One photo of Ju 88 A of I/KG 30 with shattered cockpit may fit date 24.10.39 (W.Nr. 880019 was hit by Bf 109, killing Bf 109 pilot and two Ju88 crew, injuring one ju88 crew - that groundcrew wearing big gloves in cleaning up thee crew´s remains?)
One other of the fotos posted by Revi16 may show ´24´ on one u/c leg. I belive about 30 early machines (0001 to 0030) may have been fitted with four blader props, besides some early prototypes <V1 to V8>. Exactly how many I do not know, but by 0031, 0042 and 0050 (onwards) these were likely only three blader´s...
French Ju88 were used to test four-blader props postwar also.
Other I/KG 30 fotos posted abowe, looks like they are taken at Westerland, on Island of Sylt, in autumn 1939 (all visible Balkenkrauz markings are basically as those used in 1938/1939), these changed to oversize wing crosses in Winter (November), and again changed to smaller ones (but with wider White areas) in spring 1940, remaining basically as such for the next few years. Was the ´umbrella in gunsight´ emblem perhaps inherited from I/KG 25 or even E.Kdo 88?
cheers
ed
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