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Old 14th November 2018, 11:06
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looking for information to an special Ju 88

Hello to all memembers
I collect german military clocks and in rare cases I'm in luck and have an
connection to an pilot or the plan

I have the
- the Borduhr (clock) belongs to Horst Bochmann (JG 77), Me-109 pilot
and
- the Borduhr belongs to someone from JG27 who was in May 1942 on the airfield in MARTUBA

now to my question
I bought an Borduhr including the main data plate from an Ju 88
now I wish to have informations to the crew, operations and the fortune of the plane.

- Ju 88 A4,
- WerkNr. 6713
- Abnahme: 21.3.42
plane identification: V4 + OW

I found out
V4 = Kampfgeschwader 1 (Hindenburg)
O = individual identification within the squadron
W = 12.squadron seams to be the IV group

Would be great if someone have additional informations
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Old 15th November 2018, 22:37
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Re: looking for information to an special Ju 88

W.Nr. 6713 was assigned to 9. KG 1 when it was 70% damaged in a Notlandung after explosion of it's own bomb on 10.8.42. Location was near Samjatino (Russian front).


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Old 16th November 2018, 04:40
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Re: looking for information to an special Ju 88

Thanks for your information
I tought that the "W" means 12the squadron, which group was the 9the squadron ?
Is Samjatino correct written because google didnt find an location with this name
Thanks in advance !!
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Old 17th November 2018, 21:02
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Re: looking for information to an special Ju 88

Dear Junghans,
Welcome, and you are now confronting a historian's dilema. If you have information from one source
that appears to be reliable, you may be tempted to believe that you have discovered a historical fact.
If you find a second source for the same information you will often find they are in conflict! What is
the information you really want to believe? The options are: first is correct, second is correct,
neither is correct, or even that both are correct. Sometimes, you may find yet another source that
agrees with one of the earlier items and you will be tempted to go with 2 out of 3 as the most likely
correct information, it will be Hobson's choice. Consider the following, on the russian front in 1942,
recording data precisely was attempted, but typos and other errors crept in. The data I provided came
from a microfilm copy of Gen.Qu.Abt 6 loss list. Errata lists for that document were periodically
published, but these almost certainly did not catch all errors. Espcially in question were the German
spelling and names given to locations in the East. In addition, some of the microfilm images were poor
quality and very difficlt to read. But, in this instance, both sources could be correct as aircraft were
sometimes "loaned" to other units. IIRC "W" would be the 12. Staffel, but depending on the period of
the war might be either III. or IV. Gruppe.
In summary, be very careful about making absolute judgements about anything having to do with the
Luftwaffe, as there are many, many items which will not be as clearcut and simple as they first appear.

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Re: looking for information to an special Ju 88

Do not know if this helps.

A Samjatlino appears on Map W55 Smolensk just east of the highway U5 southeast of Smolensk.

See attached snippets from map

Found this following a Google search that gave me this link and this entry


23.09.1943 Ilinskoje ca. 3,5 km südostw. Samjatino, an der Rollbahn Smolensk / Roslawl

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Old 18th November 2018, 08:21
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Re: looking for information to an special Ju 88

@ ArtiBob
THANKS for explaining and you are 100 right, it was war and the informations that came to the commands are often not correct or complete Thanks you informations are helpful to me.

@ Andy
THANKS, great for your help to see the location on an map THANKS
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