the poster on LEMB referred to Ju88c‘s being involved in something called “Laufend Nachtjagdeinsatz” which I believe roughly translates to constant night fighting?
kev35

HI Kev,
I´m back at it with my very limited knowledge 😮 The comment on LEMB regards the Ju-88C which was a Zerstörer, a term that might be loosely translated as “Destroyer”, and was applied by the Germans to heavy fighters/fighter bombers. The Bf-110 was also called a Zerstörer right from the start of the war. The difference between a Zerstörer and a normal Ju-88 bomber was the substitution of the glazed nose with a solid gun pack nose. There were not very many of them in service on the date of your incident!
The most numerous Ju-88 in service at the time of your incident would have been the BOMBER version Ju-88A4 which was a fully fledged bomber.

I´d say that the first thing to do is to track down the Luftwaffe Order of Battle for the period in question. Given the time of the incident, it is reasonable to assume that a lot of Luftwaffe units would have been deployed to the East, so you´d need to know what units were left in the west and what aircraft they operated. For this the Order of Battle is just perfect! When you know what units were in the west, you can start investigating individual units (and they will not be many, that are capable of carrying a 1000kg bomb!).

If no one comes up with the Order of Battle (in the west) for June 1941, I´ll have a look through my books when I get home in 4 weeks time and see what I´ll find. I´m sure I have this somewhere, I remember how the book looks like but can´t remember the title!:eek::D:D

A Classic PIO (Pilot Induced Oscillation). Even in gusty crosswind there is no reason to end up like that unless you are behind the curve!

Not seen the film “Reach for the Sky” about Bader then J.B ;):D:D

It is a direct quote from the movie and goes:

Never, NEVER, call it a plane, it´s an Aeroplane :p

I would really like to find one of those “air pockets” one of those days. I´m sure they are all filled with money ;):D

I wouldn’t mind betting that there are also Miles Drawings about as well

cheers

Well, that would be really nice thing to find, and hopefully you are right. However, after an intensive search for drawings of ANY Miles type by Peter Amos of the Miles Collection for decades, the chances are looking increasingly small 🙁

being the miles master was pretty much entirely made of wood, was the instrument panel made of wood, or was it the normal Aluminium 3mm sheet type as used in various other aircraft ??.. I only ask due to the aircraft being almost entirely made of wood.. apart from engine, controls U/C and ancillary parts :confused:

As this thread has turned into mud slinging, and no one has answered this question, I´ll give it a go!
The instrument panel in the Master (and the Martinet) was made of aluminium. The exact thickness, I do not know, but 3 mm sounds about right.

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this. It is fantastic!