I received another piece of Luftwaffe metal from Russia yesterday and I have a question on werknummers
It is scratched and stamped with 2888 plus L for Links.
It is painted in RLM76.
Were werknummer sequential within each aircraft designation ?
Does it then follow that an aircraft with 2888 must only be from a production aircraft of which there were > 2888 manufactured ?
This would then limit this part to being from the set of 109,190,110,52,111,88,87 and Arado 96 ? Then further limited by use of RLM 76 ?
The aluminium is also manufacturer marked 33551
Thank you for some expert guidance.
By: FarlamAirframes - 18th April 2018 at 08:18
Thanks to all.
I have been cross checking the Ju87,Ju88 and Ju188 production lists and werknummers and can see that there is no overlap and that the numbers were assigned in batches – thank you.
http://www.geocities.ws/hjunkers/ju_ju87_p1.htm
http://www.geocities.ws/hjunkers/ju_ju88_p2.htm
http://www.geocities.ws/hjunkers/ju_ju88_p3.htm
I will rejoin the Luftwaffe Research Group.
By: Aviart - 17th April 2018 at 21:18
One of the LEMB staff members started up a successor to the LEMB forum. It is called “Luftwaffe Research Group”:
By: Lynx815 - 17th April 2018 at 19:09
Werknummers were issued in batches but are not indicators of numbers of any particular type built. Me 262s for example had 6 figure werknummers but production didn’t run to 100000!
By: FarlamAirframes - 17th April 2018 at 17:17
Dave thank you – I would have had plenty of luck on the LEMB but it died a few years back.
By: DaveM2 - 17th April 2018 at 11:44
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April 17, 2018 at 9:18 am