positions of manufacturer plates on Junkers88

[edNorth]

Originally Posted by stephen f. polyak

After that, assorted data and ID plates (those with part, drawing and sequence numbers, dates, inspectors stamps, company names/codes, but rarely the airframe W.Nr.) were on many structural parts and assemblies throughout the airframe from nose to tail, from wing tip to wing tip, and on the stabilizers, etc. ..

Quite the contrary, many assembles also had painted W.Nrs. on them (including fuselage in wingroot area), including cowlings etc. Even wing fairings had W.Nr´s painted, but most I have seen to date belonged to Junkers own (FZB) Bernburg assembly line.

Best regards
ed

[stephen f. polyak]

Hi Ed,

Good point, W.Nr. were sometimes painted (free hand or with stencils) on the parts themselves; even an airplane's "own" canvas protective covers and tool pouches could be so marked.

The focus of my reply was, no surprise, metal plates. Furthermore, decals in the style of plates, with entries written in pen, were also used to identify parts.

It's all fascinating to me . . .

Best regards,
Steve

Originally Posted by edNorth

Quite the contrary, many assembles also had painted W.Nrs. on them (including fuselage in wingroot area), including cowlings etc. Even wing fairings had W.Nr´s painted, but most I have seen to date belonged to Junkers own (FZB) Bernburg assembly line.

Best regards
ed

[gilles collaveri]

thanks guys,

whatever we find tomorrow in the forests of France I 'll let you know.

Maybe nothing, maybe an almost complete JU88, who knows?

The local "urban legend" says this JU88 was discovered in 1975 with still the bones of the crews in there (they were sent back to families) then the A/C was forgotten, then it was "re-discovered" in 1986 by a mushroom collector, who came back with the police to show them the aircraft and... he could never find it again ! the bushes there are very thick.

so, maybe it is still there ?

maybe it is a complete hoax...

Anyway, we know the area, we have boots and knives and the GPS.

Tomorrow night I'll update you, whatever the results.

Touch wood for us and enjoy the week-end.


GC

[gilles collaveri]

just found a couple of airframe parts. Likely to belong to a JU88.

I shall post pictures tomorrow.

Evening '

GC

[gilles collaveri]

but we found Mirage V parts: see picture.

In fact, two Mirage crashed there in the 70's, and the parts we found originate from them. So, we got confused.

The JU88 is still to be found !

GC