13th December 2019, 20:07
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Re: Ju 88 endurance
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Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner
BABIN,
Would you have the crew names and werknummer / codes of the two Ju 88 D-1 from Wekusta 1 that undertook those long-range flights from France to Norway ? Were those, the longest Ju 88 flights ever recorded? And, is there any glimpse to why this kind of long range flights were discarded or never flown again?
A.
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Hello Adriano Baumgartner,
Mission dated 10th of november 1942 :
Crew names : pilot Lt. H-J. Schulze, meteorologist Ass. Dr. Kniess, radio Ofw von Borstel, flight eng. Fw F. Heyer
Aircraft : Ju 88D-1 (D7+EK), WKNr 430 103
Mission dated 19th of november 1942 :
Crew names : pilot Lt Georg Obermeier, met. Wd.Insp W. Beimgraden, radio Fw M. Mrochen, flight eng. Fw F Heyer
Aircraft : Ju 88D-1 (D7+EK), same aircraft as the previous one
Both missions were tests. But in these 2 cases the aircraft had to do stops in Germany and Netherlands on the return trips because of mechanical problems. I think that was the reason why this kind of long range flights were discarded.
However, in the... 900 fliegermeldungen of the Wekusta 2 that I could read, I found an other (only one) long range mission with a Ju 88 : on 8th of June 1943 the Ju 88D-1 (D7+HK), WKNr 430 334, flew a mission far over the Atlantic Ocean. Duration : 8h21mn. Of course, the aircraft was equiped with an additional tank. Crew names : Lt. Obermeier, R.Rat W. Kuspert, radio Ofw. Mrochen, Flight Eng. Ofw Franzke.
Unfortunately, I don't know the reason of this long range mission.
Best regards
Pierre Babin
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