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Unknown markings on a He 70
Hello,
I am looking into a loss and once again I met the wall!! The matter concerns an He 70, where the pilot Stemmer belonged to Luftdienstkommando 1/7, crashed with it and were killed together with the BM on July 17. 1942 The plane had Wnr. 1132. The markings are like this: U.D.I.N. I simply don't understand this. Is it a simpler way of writing UD + IN? Does anyone know more about this? Thanks in advance, Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Hi again,
Sorry, I think I have it! I just went through the civil register and saw D - UDIM and not UDIN. It says it was a He 70 G and belonged to LDK 1/7. Sorry the inconvenience. Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Christian
Yes indeed the WNr 1132 has in the past always been listed as D-UDIM. There is also a STKZ known as UD+IM (this is not however automatically connected to D-UDIM) In my list D-UDIN is not known, but I do have two photos of said aircraft, but none of D-UDIM. Of course there are plenty of He 70 which lacks either a civil registration AND STKZ so I am not saying that D-UDIM/D-UDIN are the same aircraft, but it is an interesting thought that a) The aircraft was wrongly marked, ie it was painted D-UDIN instead of D-UDIM, or b) Past historians has got it wrong, and instead of D-UDIM we should write D-UDIN? May I ask how visible the four letters are on the fuselage and why you connect WNr 1132 with D-UDIN? Cheers Stig |
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Hello Stig,
I just have to go buy some groceries, but will get back on a short while.Thank you for your response! It's highly appreciated. Regards Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Hello again Stig, sorry the delay,
For a number of years I have had a picture (deathcard) of Fw. Anton Stemmer and never really knew much about him or his plane and the circumstances surrounding his death. Not long ago I got hold of some files containing losses, not inflicted by enemy action, DVL/Unfälle and there I found him/his plane. I have attached a scan of that particular loss, which caused my confusion. To me it looked like the letter "N". It was also the first time I found all those dots. Then I tried to search on an internet page called "Golden years of aviation" under German civil A/C register and there it was with D-UDIM. He 70 G with the same Wnr. and in service with LDK 1/7. Above it was D-UDIN, which was a W 34 hi. I still need to find the rank of the BM Matauschek, who also died in the accident. I just love when something comes to light and in here I have had a lot of help over the years. Again thank you for your response Stig. Regards, Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Hello Christian,
I have a better copy of that page and the reg is UDIM. Regards Dirk |
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Thank you Dirk, it's nice to get this confirmed.
Like I wrote earlier. It is amazing how much knowledge is here in this forum!! Regards, Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Ogfr Wenzel Matauschek.
Matti |
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Thank you very much Matti!
You are always a huge help!!!! regards, Christian
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Re: Unknown markings on a He 70
Thank you very much Matti!
You are always a huge help!!!! regards, Christian
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