Fabulous late-war Luftwaffe photos

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hallo Peter,

Great information! Many thanks for sharing.

Cheers
Marc

[Oberst]

The band on White 12 looks typical of a training school. Perhaps an ex- JG 53 machine.

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Yes, that's how I see it too. It is difficult to be positive about it though...

Cheers
Marc

[Oberst]

I seem to recall JG 101. Simular band.

[PhilippeDM]

Oberst,

i should be glad to see other pictures of similar bands. Can you point some out?

Thanks in advance

[ChristianK]

Hi all,
I am just reviewing the photo of the Ju 388 L-0 (?): http://www.stories.windmillpro.com/ww217debris3.htm.
And Peter, you said this is Werknr. 300006, but shouldn't this be a Ju 88 A-4? BTW: This burnt-out example seems to have the BMW 801 TJ with four-bladed-props installed. I guess this is quite a rare configuration, so would it be possible to identify the Köthen aircraft more specifically? Could it also be a K-0? There are also visible remains of a Stammkennzeichen, but unfortunately I am not able to read them...perhaps a "K" as the last letter. Any help here?

Regards,
Christian

[schwarze-man]

Some great pictures. Beware the original written comments on aircraft types and technical features are mostly incorrect.
Thanks for posting!

[Marc-André Haldimann]

You're welcome, schwarze-man!

It is indeed rare to find so many yet unknown pics of a German airfield on a single website...

Cheers
Marc

[Martin388]

Peter Achs's posting is definitely convincing. However I am not fully convinced. The general layout (Ju188 fuselage and 188-tail, no bomb bay [K-0 feature] visible, light gray color like other similar aircraft of a small production batch) of the aircraft with its BMW801TJ engines (therefore almost 100% a Ju388) is more likely to the L-0 30029x WNr block StKz DW+YY ff. Several a/c of that batch have been or were scheduled to be re-engined with Jumo213E (e.g. V31), and this could have been done at Köthen, where Junkers was specialiced for engine testing.
Of course there is the Lehman log book entry that would fit to war's end.
On the other hand, almost all 30000x Ju388 a/c look different and had a dark camouflage. Accorrding to my information 300006 (PG+YF) was for a change of its BMW801TJ engines at the end September 1944 in Köthen; its engines were planned to be used on the Ju388V2; no evidence that this materialized.
source: Junkers Ju388 Vernaleken/Handig
Maybe new information pops up? I would hope so.
Martin