stuka werknummer 5820 info sought

[S Sheflin]

Greetings all,

I am in no way a Ju 87 expert. However, is there any way that Ju 87 5820 could be a Ju 87R-2 and not a B?

Steve Sheflin

[G.R.Morrison]

"is there any way"?
Well, yes, it is possible, I suppose. WNr.5796, for example, was listed as a B-2, and the earliest 58xx series are also listed as B-2s. The first R-2 in this sequence is 5832. If I had to guess, the installed 'plumbing' for the wing tanks may have been from 5830 or 5831. Other Werknummer ranges are clearly one type or another (not mixed).

For those that may be less-familiar, the only clues as to whether a Ju87 is a B or an R is either: 300 liter wingtanks installed (it's an R), or its Werknummer (some times, again, depending on the range). An R carrying SC50s on the wing racks is indistinguishable from a B-2.

GRM

[philippe1]

Hello,
near the werknummer there is a alu plate from "weserwerke"
date of manufac: 9-40
i don't think that R were already build that period