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Originally Posted by edNorth
Here Paul,
And Andy, almost correct, Mr. Ott and Mr. Kössler did not know that an additonal 0 (null) was missing from their list of Ju 290 numbers. This came to light when an main dataplate from sister aircraft (W.Nr. 2900110157 owed by Stephen F. Polyak) came to light last year. Otherwise book is excellent reading; aircraft thus Ju 290 A-1 W.Nr. 2900110154 SB+QD J4+AH of 1./LTS 290 : Non-OPS (H) struck ground (50% Er) {landing at night at the edge of Sidi Achmed Airfield} at Bizerta [Tunisia] 01.05.1943 (Hptm. Vogel and crew uninjured)
cheers
ed
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Of course, even with 50% damage, this aircraft was a total loss for the Luftwaffe, as it was not possible to repair it before the end of the Tunisia campain, or to ferry it on the other side of the Mediterranean.
And the "non-ops" coding make me wonder how the Lufwaffe was classifying its transport flights in dangerous area (like runs to Tunisia in 1943). I doubt that a Ju 290 was doing a training sortie in this area at this date, but it could have been a test flight after repairs on the field.