stuka werknummer 5820 info sought

[philippe1]

hello,
i have a piece of window frame manufactured at 9-1940
it bears werknummer 5820
does anyone has info on this particular stuka?,
thanks,
Phil

[G.R.Morrison]

Ju 87B-2 WNr.5820 Ofhr. Johannes Pauckstadt, SG 102, Killed 28.April 1944 in crash near Iglau (a non-combat flight); a 90% write-off.

GRM

[philippe1]

hello Morison,
thanks for yuor help,
do you have a name from his bordfunker?
Were is that place?,
thanks

[G.R.Morrison]

If there had been a Bordfunker listed, I would have included his name as well.

Iglau (Czech = Jihlava) is a town in Moravia, NW of Brunn. Iglau is situated on the Iglawa, close to the Bohemian frontier, and is one of the oldest towns in Moravia, then being the centre of a German-speaking enclave.

GRM

[philippe1]

hello Mr Morrison,
i would like to thank you kindly for the supplied info,
the piece is from the canopy and i bought it a few years ago from a person who informed me he get it at a scrabyard area Stuttgard.
thanks
phil

[S Sheflin]

Greetings all,

I am in no way a Ju 87 expert. However, is there any way that Ju 87 5820 could be a Ju 87R-2 and not a B?

Steve Sheflin

[G.R.Morrison]

"is there any way"?
Well, yes, it is possible, I suppose. WNr.5796, for example, was listed as a B-2, and the earliest 58xx series are also listed as B-2s. The first R-2 in this sequence is 5832. If I had to guess, the installed 'plumbing' for the wing tanks may have been from 5830 or 5831. Other Werknummer ranges are clearly one type or another (not mixed).

For those that may be less-familiar, the only clues as to whether a Ju87 is a B or an R is either: 300 liter wingtanks installed (it's an R), or its Werknummer (some times, again, depending on the range). An R carrying SC50s on the wing racks is indistinguishable from a B-2.

GRM

[philippe1]

Hello,
near the werknummer there is a alu plate from "weserwerke"
date of manufac: 9-40
i don't think that R were already build that period