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WW2 German Luftwaffe Typenschild – AIRCRAFT MAIN DATA PLATE – Ju188 D-DAY LOSS

WW2 German Luftwaffe Typenschild - AIRCRAFT MAIN DATA PLATE - Ju188 D-DAY LOSS
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You are bidding on a SUPERB example of a WW2 German Luftwaffe MAIN DATA PLATE, originating from a Ju188 A-2 Series Bomber Aircraft! The AMAZING feature is that this EXACT bomber was lost over Normandy, during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944!

The Junkers Ju188 “Rächer” (“Avenger”) was a German Luftwaffe high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-up to the Ju 88 with better performance and payload. It was produced only in limited numbers, due both to the presence of improved versions of the Ju 88, as well as the increasingly effective Allied strategic bombing campaign against German industry and the resulting focus on fighter production.
The Ju188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,750 PS (1,290 kW; 1,730 hp) Jumo 213A or 1,700 PS (1,250 kW; 1,680 hp) BMW 801 G-2 engines without any changes to the airframe, with the exclusion of the re-design for Jumo-powered examples, of the annular radiators from their Jumo 211 layout for the A-series to better match the more powerful 213’s cooling needs, while using similar broad-chord three-blade propellers as the A-series did. It was intended that both would be known as A models but the naming was later changed: the Ju188A model powered by the 213 and the Ju188E by the 801.
Although the A and E models were to have been delivered at the same time, the Jumo engine was still not ready; the first Jumo powered Ju188 A-1 versions were shipped only shortly after the BMW versions, albeit at a much slower rate. By the time deliveries were finally picking up in late 1943, the Jumo was available in a new MW50 methanol-water injection “boosted” version that delivered 1,648 kW (2,241 PS; 2,210 hp) for takeoff. With this engine, the planes were known as the Ju188 A-2 and started deliveries in early 1944.

This data tag was the MAIN data plate located on the Ju188.  It indicated the aircraft type, serial number, and manufacturer.



Made of aluminum, this is a FANTASTIC piece of history! It features some slight scratches and bends, but it is VERY SOLID otherwise. Some slight corrosion, however all information is CLEARLY legible. Made by Junkers, markings indicated are:

Ju188 A-2

  160xxx

jbq

Belonging to 1./KG6, this aircraft was lost on June 6, 1944 over the Normandy invasion front, near Caen. No cause for the loss is known at this time, but I am sure research could be made. I have indicated its location in the last image.  A VERY RARE item that would make a FANTASTIC addition to any collection or display!

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