Ju 87 TK+HD - Last operator?

[ChristianK]

Gentlemen,


I am sure many of you know about this particular JU 87, found at the Brunnthal landing strip in 1945. It was the former V10, a C-model used for deck landing tests at Travemünde, later relegated to school duties.
I wonder though, whether it has been used by a combat unit at the war's end. It received not only flame dampers but it also featured a three-colored spinner, signs of an operational unit. Is anything known in this regard? Any flight log entries or similar?


Cheers,
Christian

[edNorth]

Rechlin did use white/red spinners, so nothing suspect of this have colored bands.
The a/c was the Ju 87 V10 all the time, as it was a converson and test aircraft.
Totally useless a/c - unless for practice flights at night, thus flame dampers
- or testing them.

[strahljaeger]

Hi Cristian,

some information after the publication of the book:

Junkers lists the V10 in the report "Status of work on development and C-series aircraft on March 1, 1939 as follows:" Ju 87 Tr - two test aircraft, from J.F.M scheduled flight clearing dates: V10 ready to fly April 1st, 1939 without fold-back wings."
After the carrier program was stopped in February 1943, by April 1943 almost all machines were put back into other uses.
In the February 1943 monthly report of the test center d. Lw. Travemünde, Dept. E4/5 Group E5/VI gyro devices and controls, the TK+HD (conversion of position indicator Patin) is listed as "unclear".

Fa. Junkers listet die V10 in der Meldung „Stand der Arbeiten an Entwicklungs- und C-Serien-Flugzeugen am 1.3.1939 wie folgt auf: „Ju 87 Tr – zwei Musterflugzeuge, von J.F.M. vorgesehene Flugklartermine: V10 flugklar 1.4.1939 ohne klappbare Flügel.“ Nachdem das Trägerprogramm im Februar 1943 gestoppt wurde, werden bis April 1943 fast alle Maschinen wieder anderen Verwendungen zugeführt. Im Monatsbericht Februar 1943 der Erprobungsstelle d. Lw. Travemünde, Abt. E4/5 Gruppe E5/VI Kreiselgeräte u. Steuerungen, wird die TK+HD (Umrüstung Stellungsanzeiger Patin) als unklar aufgelistet.

Best regards
Matthias Hundt.

[ChristianK]

This sheds a little more light on the history of this aircraft, thanks Matthias!

[Merlin]

I found the aircraft listed several times between 04.40 and 05.43 in the diary of a mechanic from Travemünde.