[ArtieBob]

My loss and damage list has only four Ju 88s from 3./(F)121 that would seem to have landing or forced landing damage. Three of the four are either D-1 or D-5 subtypes which would indicate later engines (different nacelles) and different rear canopies than shown in the photos (the rear canopy is laying on the wing in one photo. W.Nr. 452, an A-5(F) made a forced landing on 27 October 1940 at Morlaix as the result of an engine failure. Looking at the first photo, the top blade on the Port engine is straight, indicating it was probably not running when the belly landing was made (noting all blades are bent on the starboard side, they are also bent back and twisted to a greater degree indicating they took a couple more whacks from the ground while turning). If all this speculation is correct, then the damage was reported as 20% with no crew injuries.

I agree the second photo is a different incident. Which is the incident reported I am not certain, but the second photo incident does not appear to have 20% damage and might have been so minor as not to have made the Quartermaster’s list, which IIRC did not include damage less than ?10%?.

I would not consider this to be a positive identification, as it is based on a pretty good degree of speculation. However, that only a single aircraft seems to fit all the identifiable elements is a good sign, usually when I do this kind of analysis on an image, there are multiple possibilities.

Best Regards,

Artie Bob