Junkers 88 wreck part

[Nick Beale]

My research on the 2 December 1943 raid is published here: http://www.ghostbombers.com/kf4/South/bari_01.html

[Adriano Baumgartner]

NICK,

It is always a pleasure to read such a detailed account...Thank you for remembering me of your site and immense work transcribed there...Keep going...you do inspire a lot of persons.

OBS: Passed your contact to my friend...he may contact you soon.

A.

I am impressed with your preparation. So I take this opportunity to give you some more information.

A plane's cart was recovered seven years ago, about 20km from Bari. The photo has a very low resolution but I am attaching it anyway in case it can give you some ideas.

There is another Junkers 88 missing near Bari, not listed.
It is a Ju88 A-4 5 / KG1 (MED) # 5712 piloted by Kohler Georg, missing in Bari on 20/04/1943.

If what Nick says corresponds to reality, namely that the piece of the wreck not belonging to an A-4, the research certainly directs me on the Junkers A-5, even if on a document found on the web, the A-5 plane is reported as A-4 (attachment). But considering Nick's great work, I think it can certainly be said that it is an A-5.

I will continue my research, hoping to be able to count on your help in the future.

Again thank you very much!

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by zlatanmola

If what Nick says corresponds to reality, namely that the piece of the wreck not belonging to an A-4 …

All I am saying is that the two aircraft lost from the 2 December 1943 raid were reported as missing. In other words their location was not known.

Incidentally, both the missing aircraft were reported as Ju 88 A-4 by the Luftwaffe’s General Quartiermeister.

Good morning everybody, i' a diver involved at the moment in some researches in Adriatic sea about german and allied wrecks.
I was talking with the owner of the part found on the Bari beach and the part seems molten.
About the raid: we have witnesses that one plane in 2 dec attack crashed in front of Molo Sant'Antonio area, the old Bari port (it's very small).
The other one a bit more far away on sea direction.
I can tell you that they are shallow waters always under fishing nets and a wreck recovery its quite difficult. Surely it will be in hundreads parts.
We will start a recon as soon as covid 19 will be finished.
It's also quite possible that the part found finished in Mola di Bari due to fishnets as it was found.
Have a good day