Ju388 unit codes?

[JohnMacG6]

MANY years ago, I seem to remember reading of a Ju388 reported to carry Luftwaffe unit codes, POSSIBLY T9+?? from Versuchsverband/Ob.d.L.
Can anyone confirm this, or is my ageing memory playing tricks on me again?

[Chris Goss]

T9+DL (V.32)

[edNorth]

Ju 388 V32 W.Nr. 300295 DW+ZC became T9+DL but crashed 05 January 1945.
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Some have L-0 but all had Research numbers, and most if not all references do not have dash or dot there, and all Ju 88 research numbers that I know of were painted on plain f.e. "V7", "V17" etc. (and no, 63z15 or 373z19 were not V15 or V19)

else I start write Chris-Goss or Chris.Goss :-)

Ed

[Chris Goss]

O-K!
Chris.......Goss

[edNorth]

:-)

[Tony Kambic]

Ed,

Have you ever seen the elevator bob weight for the Ju388 ? It is an interesting item.

Tony

[edNorth]

Thanks Tony. I think so, know L & R elevators were bolted togeather on C/L
but I do know its made of Ju 188 fuselage parts, and many were still Ju 88 parts.
-Ed

[Tony Kambic]

From the Internet PilotFriend Website:

Bob weights are sometimes known as counter weights. Their purpose is to change the amount of control force required to deflect the control column under different g-loadings. Normally the amount of force the pilot must apply to the control column, assuming reversible controls, varies with airspeed only. However, by installing a bob weight the aeronautical engineer can make it more difficult to pull on the control column as g-force increases. The purpose of the bob weight is to reduce the likely hood the pilot will overstress the aircraft.

The NASM Ju388 employed a bob weight and it is a rod suspended from the control cable in the rear fuselage. Fascinating, the weight is made of green glass. Probably a heavy piece, ~ 40 lbs., it is shaped like an inverted rectangular building with a hip roof.

You can visualize it at http://ju388.de/ Inside Views. I have seen a spare one in the NASM collection.

I have been told that the DeHavilland Mosquito has a similar bob weight in the rear fuselage, but I heard it was lead or some other metal.

Tony

Tony

[edNorth]

I know the NASM has a Ju 388 L-1, not "Ju388".
And there was the de Havilland Mosquito, not DeHavilland.
Please!

[Skyraider3D]

In practice designations aren't always so black and white. I've seen Fokker Friendships with "F27", "F.27" and "F-27" written on them. And Fokker was very particular about everything (lots of paperwork), said to have been part of their downfall.