Ju 88 A-4 plate: more info?

[edNorth]

Hi Fabry,

City (or town) of Ragusa, Sicily, is about 12 km east-south-east of Comiso, right? (So say Google-maps). There were used great many Ju 88 A-4´s in Southern Italy & Sicily during the war. These were used for attacks on Malta and Allied forces in Nort-Africa or ships in the Mediterranean. Probably you know all this. But units KGr 806, KG 1, KG 30, KG 54, KG 77 lost many in crashes at or near Comiso. I stopped counting when exceeding 30 incidents(accidents).

But looking for word "Ragusa" brought this up:

W.Nr. 140416 Ju 88 A-4 III/KG 54 (Ob.Befh.Sud)
OPS (F) engine damage and crash (100%) near Ragusa 03.01.1943 (F Uffz. Kurt Gram, B Obgefr. Josef Schmitz, BF Obgefr. Johann Herbst and BM Obgefr. Fritz Schneider killed)

So at least one crashed near there! But I am sorry, I do not have lists of all things, equipment or containers carried aboard the A-4. Thats for the "super-experts" to tell, but someone might have list of "Werkstoff"s ...

Best regards
ed

[Peter Achs]

This dataplate comes from the exhaust or flame damper of the Jumo 211. Klatte made these things. The material 1010.2 is a sheet steel (DIN St VIII 23) which was also used in the Jumo 004.

Regards
Peter

[Fabry78]

Peter and ed,

thank you for your interesting replys!

Originally Posted by edNorth

But looking for word "Ragusa" brought this up:

ed,

can you check with words "Modica" and "Pozzallo" too?

Fabry