Luftwaffe aircraft down in Sweden 1940

[Peter Cornwell]

Thank you Stig.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Hi Ed and Peter

I have received a photo of the plate found on the Ju 87.
I have tried to attach the photo here, but to do so does not work as per principles known by me.

If any of you want to see it, please send me a private e-mail with your own regular e-mail and I will send over the photo as an attachment

Cheers
Stig

PS: No idea how the plate became attached, but obviously I must have done something right...

[Peter Cornwell]

Stig,

Many thanks for posting that image. I will be most interested to learn if any of our experts can positively confirm that this does in fact show the actual Werk Nummer as I have a similar plate from a Ju87B down in this country where the serial is so far unrecorded. Thanks again.

[Andy Saunders]

From examples in my collection, these data plates do not hold the W.Nr of the specific aerolanes they originate from.

The B&W image is from 5518 lost on 18 August.

The colour one is from 5618 lost on 16 August.

None of the numbers bear any relation to the W.Nr although the example from 5518 has that number painted on the adjacent airframe section and can just be seen on the left hand side.

[Peter Cornwell]

Many thanks Andy - just as I thought.

[edNorth]

Stig / Andy.

Thank you both - It seems however that version (Ju 87 B-2) could be correct.

Plate from Sweden does not show W.Nr. - The 8-87.207 is Part Drawing Number - Weser built Ju 87 B-´s starting at 5070 and these running to about 7070 in late 1941. The Serie number (in field abowe) might give clues but I have not "de-coded" the Ju 87 part plate numbers.

Problem here is I do not have (enough) details on which factory made each in late 1939 or early 1940 period - WFG Bremen or WFG Tempelhof - or both - but construction month of the Swedish example (as an early one) gives possiblility of Ju 87 B-2 (i.e. 5521 known lost elsewhere as Ju 87 B-2).

I have made notes of all these plates and propose doing some more (better) calculations at a later date (as many details still lie schattered amongst my files and need tidying up!) All I can say now, W.Nr. of the Swedish example could lie somewhere near 5525.

I welcome also if some other members could help clear this issue.

Best regards
ed

[Stig Jarlevik]

Ed / Andy

Thanks a lot. I will send Bo Widfeldt your answer.

Cheers
Stig