Ju 188 KG 40

[Stig Jarlevik]

Stefaan

FIU = Field Intelligence Unit

Cheers
Stig

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by edNorth

Tail indeed has camo and shape for Ju 188 A/D/E/F (and Ju 88 G) series.

"Air War Italy" P.214 has this "Ju 188, KG 40 (?), 0251, F8+ED, Demolished"
From No 1, FIU report 25.05.45

That was the code as reported but I have serious doubts that they got it right. For example, in later research I found other FIU reports on file in draft and final versions and typos had crept in. Some errors could be put down to misheard dictation (hearing "aitch" instead of "eight" for example), some to misreading hand writing, some to the damaged state of the aircraft in question.

[stefaan]

Hi Nick.
Here are the codes form that a/c.
Hope you can enlarge, I kept it 300 dpi. had the serial on the fin.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...psi01cnsjf.jpg

[edNorth]

"Field Intellgence Unit", wrote lists of enemy materiel captured
(but these were not always correct) KG 40 is not correct.
Code E8 and F6 were used in the area by Ju 87 and Ju 88/188´s.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by stefaan

Hi Nick.
Here are the codes form that a/c.
Hope you can enlarge, I kept it 300 dpi. had the serial on the fin.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...psi01cnsjf.jpg

Thanks, you can see how they read it as an "8" but from all we know about the circumstances it has to have been a "6", but perhaps not painted very neatly.