Ju 88 L1+NH

[Stig Jarlevik]

Yes Rémi, just my thought as well.

When you mentioned a 2016 going to LG 1 in Jan 1942 it feels a lot more "comfortable" to have this one as 142016 and the one which was w/o on Feb 7th as the old (88)2016.

What does our Ju 88 experts Peter and Ed think about that?

Anyone who knows what Kps Reserve means/was?

Cheers
Stig

[RT]

Probably the 142016 comes from the NVM,I could'nt find it in the Accidents doc, Wonder about the D4+ seems to be the tag for some Training unit using Ju88, even an A-6, maybe Gr.KFS 3 ....

Kps. Reserve, is Korps Reserve, so planes owned by the Korps ready to affect to units when need them

Rémi

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Remi
Stig

[Peter Achs]

This is what I have for the Ju 88 A-1/A-5 2016:
- 14 Nov 1940, Paris/Orly, Kurssteuerungsflug as L1+FS [8./LG 1]
- 18 March 1941 Erg.K.Gr.6, Perleberg, Bruchlandung, 10%
- 13 Sept 1941 flight Wiener Neustadt-Fritzlar [FFS C 8]
- 30 Nov 1941 flight Fritzlar-Wiener Neustadt
[- 7 Febr 1942, Gr.Kampffl.Sch.3, vermutlich Absturz in den Alpen, 100%]
- 19 Okt 1942 Wiener Neustadt [FFS C 8] Fortbildungs- und Platzflüge
- 23 Febr 1943, FFS C 8, b. Wiener Neustadt, Absturz inf. Motorstörung, Aufschlagbrand, 95%

The crash on February 1942 doesn't fit with the other data so this is probably the 142016, and of course, new aircraft went to the schools especially to the GKS.

Regards
Peter

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Peter (and Ed)

I have to agree. Seems like (88)2016 spent most of its life with FFS C 8 and I can't visualize it being carried piece-by-piece down to get repaired and issued to GKFS 3....

Perhaps the details Rémi has located contain a misprint by some clerc and it was not (14)2016 which was issued at that time to Kps. Reserve?

Interesting discussion, I feel like a minnow among the sharks....

Cheers
Stig

[RT]

Wonder if IV.LG1 nd Gr.KFS 3 not same unit at that time ....Norm. going to Kps.Reserve are fresh planes so at that time 1420xx, nd the ones retired from the front units so A-5 like 08820xx, but as X.Fl.Kps received so much 20xx planes it's look logical to think to 1420xx serie ...

The data given by Peter seem to exclude 882016 from the alpine accident...

Rémi