Help with writing

[chuckschmitz]

Can anyone help translate/read the first two words found on the back of a Ju 88G photo? Thanks in advance.

Chuck

[sidney]

The first word - I have read it as Pulmann ... The presence of the quotation mark indicates that the word or phrase might have been regarded as slang or jargon.

[borborygm]

Second word is Groß-Deutschland (Great Germany)

[Nick Beale]

The second line is »Ausnahme von dem Jahre 1944« = Snap from the year 1944.

The first line is harder as I'm not at all sure about the beginning. The first word, I agree, begins with a P but the following vowel doesn't seem to be a u as there is no horizontal stroke above it. The second word, I would like to read as Groß but the vowel is written oddly and looks much more like an a (as in other words here). The end of the line reads »-Deutschland' auf Ju 88«

[one-o-nine]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

The second line is »Ausnahme von dem Jahre 1944« = Snap from the year 1944.

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... Aufnahme

[Brian Bines]

Are the first two words describing the radar aerials.

[Nordpol54]

@ Brian,

i'm uncertain about that but "Peilmann Groß-Deutschland" might be a possibility as a nickname for the antenna device. Even though i've never came across this discription, but that means nothing.

Best Regards
Norbert

[Brian Bines]

Hi Norbert, I did wonder if would translate as 'Large aerials on a Ju88- Germany- Picture Taken in the Year 1944'. With a possibility it was marked up post war by someone not aware of the aerials purpose but aware of the Peil Gerat D/F system,

Regards
Brian Bines

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by one-o-nine

... Aufnahme

Oops!

[chuckschmitz]

Thanks for all the replies. I wonder if it is just referring to the pilot as an "airplane jockey."