He 111 W.Nr. 2553 ?

[stephen f. polyak]

Would appreciate hearing from anyone with knowledge of the history of a He 111 with W.Nr. 2553. An ID plate from this airplane may be seen here:

http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.p...ytxjmx&thumb=4

Thanks,
Steve

[edNorth]

Hi Stephen;

I do not know if it relates, but bomb carriers on Ju 88 A-1 0880119 are known marked as f.e. M 88/0119 - Thus the M before 2553 might relate to ESAC bomb container inside the fuselage. Otherwise W.Nr. 2553 might have belonged to apx. H-3 model, but I do not have any history or entry for that number.

Any Ju88 plates in your collection? Feel free to PM to me.

cheers
ed

[Jim P.]

More likely it was a P version. I even WNr. 2559 recorded as an F-2 from Schulen losses.

[stephen f. polyak]

Thanks for the info Jim! Do I understand that you suggest 2553 is a P version, and there's a listing for 2559 as a F-2 version?

Best regards,
Steve

[Jim P.]

Correct - however subtypes as listed in the losses can't always be trusted, so I would regard the the one recorded as an F-2 with some suspicion. However, the majority of WNr. reported in this range are He111Ps.