JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162

[PMoz99]

Not all A-14s had the balloon cutter.

See attached photo of A-14 from Squadron-Signal book with factory installed 20mm in the gondola with shell ejector chute and no cutter.

Cheers
Peter

[Chris Goss]

Photo of nose of said plane (with typo 4102 should read 4162) before the crash on page 139 of my latest Ju 88 book

[edNorth]

Hi, FYI all

Originally Posted by PMoz99

Not all A-14s had the balloon cutter.
See attached photo of A-14 from Squadron-Signal book with factory installed 20mm in the gondola with shell ejector chute and no cutter.
Cheers. Peter

Some caption/analyses appears be wrong in Squadron/Signal books, otherwise are generally accurate, but not always,
and its because their authors just do not know it all. And errors happen all the time.

Loss entries in GQM records (Verband- and Schulen u. Sonstige) are not always accurate,
but (088014)4162 of 3./KG 101 was A-14 version, and as proof its picture is in Chris Goss new "Ju 88" book (Vol 1, P.139).



Cannon installed in nose/gondola never changed Ju 88 designation. Period. If it has no cutter, it "just isn´t" Ju 88 A-14.

Like one in same Squadron book (Ju 88 "In Action" No. 1085 Part I, P.57) "Unknown variant" (T-1 nose, with Jumo 211 J engines and VDM props was in fact W.Nr. 0881726 Ju 88 D-5 A6+EH 1.(F)/120 "Islandsflugzeuge" (05.-10.1942). Ju 88 Ts did not exist yet, but had similar shape nose. In Artie Bobs book this plane ("D-1" (sic) A6+EH) is shown with Yellow under wings, which it did not have (but lacking map of Iceland and more mission markers, which it did have).

Ed