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Re: Ju 88 lost on 24 October 1942 near Trondheim
Case is NOT all that troblesome. Ghosts do not travel by daylight.
No previous references are of any ferrying work performed by 1.(F)/120 within Norway. For this there were dedicated ferrying Staffeln, operating out of Germany, but units often fetched new/repaired aircraft to the various workshops, that prepared and tested them for "Safety of Operational flying". One such place was Paris/Villacoublay, and run by Junkers. Number given (4195) appears valid number, other A-5 088/4195 was lost 95% by KG 1 in 1941, so 0880144195 it likely was.
Some or all (of below answer) is "copyright" (own research) and can turn out be incorrect, some is still speculative ("still in research") but none is pure guesswork.
1) It is "most likely impossible" confirm version Ju 88 A-4 or Ju 88 A-14, there was no external difference* - unless find orignal equipment list (of installed armour or if no armour was installed). The Ju 88 A-14 (Attack-Bomber) was NOT the nose cannion equipped version, because all Ju 88 A´s could carry (field fitted) nose cannons (MG FF etc) and this DID NOT dictate if Ju 88 A-14 or not. NOT ALL in 0880144xxx series (Henschel assembly) were Ju 88 A-14s, despite one (or more) Lieferplan stating so, most were "normal" A-4 (Dive-Bombers).
*Some/many Ju 88 A-14 had "Cuto" external-knife strip attached on nose, as defence against Barrage Balloon wires.
2) Unit was 1.(F)/120, that had secondary base at Trondheim/Værnes, and this had "responsibilities" to West and North-West (Scapa-Flow and Iceland from spring 1942). Many normal A-4s were used by recce units, especially in 1943, because of shortages of Ju 88 D-1/5s, usually for visual recce or shipping/strike/recce. 1.(F)/120 also had Fw 200 attached in this period (September 1942), and unit had suffered recent losses, so one Ju 88 A-4 (A-14) at this point is nothing out of the ordinary. AND Ju 88 A-4s were at times fitted with cameras.
3) civilian Otto Lübbe killed. I have no details of him, or what he was.
(he might have been Specialist, -Mechanic and/or Prúfmeister.)
regards
Eggert
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