Unit info : U4+??

[John Fredrik]

Hi!

Have anybody information about the unit marked U4 +??.
This is the same unit the JU88 A-1 now under restouration in Norway was flying for.( www.ju88.net)
I can not find anything anywhere....

Cheers
John Fredrik

[ChrisS]

Hello John

I am not an expert but I believe that KG 30 may have briefly held the letters U4 in 1940. However it may be that the code belongs to Erprobungsgruppe 4 certainly a Do 17P-1 carried U4+BK in 1939.

Cheers

Chris

[John Fredrik]

Yes is it possible this is early markings for KG 30 but I wonder if this group was a kind of special group like Kgr 100 Pathfinders was.

Cheers
John Fredrik

[robert]

Hi,

U4 was ErgKgr4
It was advanced training unit, which was created at the end of September 1939 from elements of I./KG30, 7./FBK KG27, I/Lehrgruppe Ju 88 in Greifswald. One month later it was redestignated to ErgKGr4, allocated to Luftflotte 4 and given code markings: U4. In November 1939 it had 10 Ju 88 planes and 29 crews undergoing training. Apparently due to shortage of Ju 88 on 20.2.40 also 5 Do 17M and 11 Ju 87 planes were on hand.

Regards

Robert

[John Fredrik]

Hi Robert!
This was very usefull information. Is it possible to find any info about crew members form this group , KIA `s and so on..
We have difficulties of finding the name of most probarly kiled crew member in U4+TK.
The navigator seat was full of blood and a bullet was found in the chair aswell.

Cheers
John Fredrik

[robert]

Hi,

and do you have date of this loss?

Robert