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Ju 88 A Identity
Can anyone identify the units/fate of Wk Nr 5060?
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
JU88 5060 NO+CI 5 40 Einflug Baltabol
was later tested at Erpr,stelle Rechlin Remi |
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
Remi thanks but do you have a unit apart from Rechlin? I have a photo, Wk Nr is visible as are 3 kill markings but nothing else apart from national markings are blackened
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
Sorry, no unit
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
I have the following:
Ju 88 A5 WNr 5060 B3+HX 10./KG54 Crashed during training flight near Gardelegen Jan 8th 1944. Cause unknown. A/C 100% FF Hans Scholten or Schelten BO Gefr Hans Merkel BF Gefr Josef Weische BS Uffz Heinrich Zoladkiewicz All killed. Regards, Rudi. |
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
Chris: I presume you are referring to same photo as printed in Kampfflieger Vol.2 P.126 where this is stated in caption as "A-4" (sic). As already posted abowe as A-5, this actually was one of 130 Ju 88 A-1´s produced and delivered by ATG in late 1939 to first half of 1940. This plane was f.e. flown by ATG test pilot Rolf Baltabol at Leipzig on 26.05.40 - so I presume photo (with blacked out markings) is likely taken after the Luftwaffe shifted to Night Attacks (in autumn 1940). All surviving A-1´s were upgraded to A-5´s (longer wings that included improved wing-anti-ice heating) and this process starting from autumn 1940 - but in this photo this can not be seen - however it appears having great deal of Grey (RLM 02) overspray. Presumably this was later also fitted with twin-rear guns (from 1941). I have not found any unit assignments for this plane between 1940 to 1943. Finally I think these are not ´kill´ markers but mission markers.
Best regards ed Last edited by edNorth; 22nd January 2010 at 15:10. Reason: typo |
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Re: Ju 88 A Identity
According to the VDK, the correct name of the FF in my previous post is Scholten:
Name: Scholten Firstname: Hans Rank: Unteroffizier DOB: 14.08.1921 Plave of birth: Essen Date killed: 08.01.1944 Hans Scholten is resting at the german war cemetery in Essen-Parkfriedhof (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) . Place: Feld 26 Grab 16a Regards, Rudi. |
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