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Hello,
I am new to the forum here. My name ist Peter from Greifswald/Germany. Can anyone of you provide details JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162? I have got a question about the JU 88 A-14. Wikipedia says that the A-14 got a cuto nose but when I do google picture search I can´t see the ballon cutters. Doesn´t have all A-14 this nose? Can anyone help me please? Kind regards! Peter |
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
144162 Ju 88 A-14 3./KG 101 (Lw.Befh.Mitte)
Non-OPS (S) crashed and burned (100%) near Greifswald 01.12.1943 (F Uffz. Peter Eschbacher, B Obgefr. Anton Boigk, BF Uffz. Herbert Luschnigg and BS Obgefr. Heinrich von Stein killed) not all in 088/0144xxx series were A-14. Basically they were A-4, but adding Cuto nase strip on nose and also additional internal armour (including engines) made them A-14 (Attack Bomber) https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/uploa...1455548205.jpg Here strip extends from nose glazing, onto cockpit sides. Cuto strips were also inside wing leading edge. Ed Last edited by edNorth; 8th November 2017 at 16:28. Reason: von Stein |
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
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 Last edited by PMoz99; 1st April 2018 at 14:45. |
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
Photo of nose of said plane (with typo 4102 should read 4162) before the crash on page 139 of my latest Ju 88 book
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
Hello,
many thanks for your replies so far. In the L. Dv. T. 2088 A-4 /Fl (Dec 1942) page 1 the A-14 defined as a A-14 with Cuto-Nose. (Please see the attached picture) I have also read that there were Ju 88 A-14 without MG FF (20mm) and of course Ju 88 A-4 with MG FF. So had most of the Ju 88 A-4 from the Bernburg manufacturing a MG FF factory installed, but still remained A-4. That with the A-14 and MG FF has emerged in the 60s at some point and then always taken unchecked. Can any of you confirm that to me? |
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
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ist it possible to get a picture of this entry? This I already know. The 0144xxx block is for the 88´s which were manufactured at Henschel/Schönefeld. |
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Re: JU 88 A-14 WNR: 144162
Hi, FYI all
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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 Last edited by edNorth; 8th November 2017 at 18:07. Reason: simplyfing answer |
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