eBAy: Captured german planes

[Marcel van Heijkop]

In a recent auction an album was offered (http://historical-media.com/id1011.htm ) which contained a photo of an abandoned Ju 88 S-3, W.Nr. 330718, see attached photo.

According to some Fora and Interest Groups the full caption of this photo should be "Ju 88 S-3 W.Nr. 330718 "Z6+AB", Stab I./KG 66, Fl.Pl. Brüssels-Grimbergen, late 1944".

I can't find this aircraft in my Crashed Enemy Aircraft Reports, nor can I make out anything beyond the W.Nr. and the letter "B"..

Does anybody know what the source for this caption is?

Thanks in advance, Marcel

PS If the buyer of this album is a member of 12 O'Clock High, please contact me off the board or send me a PM

[Matolion]

Here you have even more photos and description from Gerhard Stemmer
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpo...4&postcount=11




https://digitaltmuseum.no/0110127303...tloytnant-rolf

+ D.520, SV+GB which was found there as well

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Matolion

Here you have even more photos and description from Gerhard Stemmer
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpo...4&postcount=11




https://digitaltmuseum.no/0110127303...tloytnant-rolf

+ D.520, SV+GB which was found there as well

Thanks a lot, glad I asked! These pictures were unknown to me. I have been a member of 12 O'Clock High for as long as I can remember, but for some strange reason I have completely overlooked this thread in 2016...

Very helpful! Regards,

Marcel

[Matolion]

There is one discrepancy
B-17 in the photo (44-8258 IY-A) force-landed at Melsbroek. 1.1.1945 destroyed. It was probably transported to Grimbergen for repair and destroyed there
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircra...s.aspx?ID=8258

[Nick Beale]

#4178: Ju 88 S-3 330178 was mentioned in this thread (post #12) as a machine of 3./LG 1, lost on 24 December 1955. However the recent French edition of Peter Taghon's LG 1 history corrects the Werk Nummer of that loss to 330176.

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

#4178: Ju 88 S-3 330178 was mentioned in this thread (post #12) as a machine of 3./LG 1, lost on 24 December 1955. However the recent French edition of Peter Taghon's LG 1 history corrects the Werk Nummer of that loss to 330176.

Thanks Nick! I have both editions, will check.

Marcel

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Marcel van Heijkop

Thanks Nick! I have both editions, will check.

Marcel

Although my comment was only helpful if there was a typo, since (as I should have pointed out) the aircraft in the photo is 330718, not …178.

Attached are details from the two Ju 88 wreck photos side-by-side, with some adjustment to bring out the Werk Nummer of one of them. We appear to have 330716 and 330718: to me the curves of the final digit on each aircraft look differen.t

[RudiS]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15457339051...MAAOSw4gRhG~QO

[RudiS]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37369322000...4AAOSwrwNhIZ-V

[RudiS]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37369322105...8AAOSw5blhIZ~l