Junkers Ju 88, Vol. 3. Day and Nightfighters. Development - Equipment - Operations 1940 - 1945.

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Originally Posted by INM@RLM

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I'll say....

don't understand your point 5. Or is your point 1 (as per Peter's statement) superceding post 44 above, which says 'Manfred Griehl established that the first Ju 88 Zerstörer Versuchsmaschine was in fact the Ju 88 V15 for which the airframe assigned was WNr. 0007, & Stkz. DD+IA' (as per the first entry in the table on p.10). Becker says the V7 (WNr. 4947) was 'ein erster Schritt in diese Richtung' (no nose armament but a solid nose). Nor do I understand why the captions on p9 & 10 are incorrect. P9 refers to a 'fast transport' with the solid nose, while p10 is the Z19. I'm not sure if I understand why CN+NR would be the 'first' fighter prototype - it was a modified/rebuilt A-1 presumably just off the A-1 production line, with no solid nose. Becker refers to U16 Umbau...or 'Sonderausrüstung' rather than 'Sonderausführung'...