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WW2 German Luftwaffe Typenschild – AIRCRAFT MAIN DATA PLATE – Ju88 G-1 – RARE

WW2 German Luftwaffe Typenschild - AIRCRAFT MAIN DATA PLATE - Ju88 G-1 - RARE
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ou are bidding on a SUPERB example of a WW2 German Luftwaffe MAIN DATA PLATE, originating from a Ju88 G-1 Night Fighter! Sadly, I do not have any loss information.
The Junkers Ju88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called Schnellbomber (“fast bomber”) that would be too fast for fighters of its era to intercept. It suffered from technical problems during its development and early operational periods but became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the war. Like a number of other Luftwaffe bombers, it served as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, heavy fighter and at the end of the war, as a flying bomb.
Despite a protracted development, it became one of the Luftwaffe’s most important aircraft. The assembly line ran constantly from 1936 to 1945 and more than 15,000 Ju 88s were built in dozens of variants, more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period. Throughout production the basic structure of the aircraft remained unchanged.
The G-series fuselage was purpose-built for the special needs of a night fighter, with the A-series’ Bola ventral under-nose defensive gun position omitted for lower aerodynamic drag and less weight, and adding the enlarged squared-off vertical fin/rudder tail unit of the Ju 188. G-1 aircraft possessed more powerful armament and like the earlier R-1, used a pair of 1,250 kW (1,677 hp) BMW 801 radial engines, the G-1 using the later BMW 801G-2 version. Electronic equipment consisted of the then-standard FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 90 MHz VHF radar using eight-dipole Hirschgeweih antennas, which could include fitment of the borderline-SHF-band FuG 350 Naxos radar detector with its receiving antenna housed in a teardrop-shaped streamlined fairing above the canopy, or FuG 227 Flensburg radar detector homing devices that had their own trio of twin-dipole antennae: one on each wing leading edge and one under the tail. One Ju 88G-1 of 7. Staffel/NJG 2 was flown by mistake to RAF Woodbridge in July 1944, giving the Royal Air Force its first chance to check out the VHF-band Lichtenstein SN-2 radar and Flensburg radar detector gear.
This data tag was the MAIN data plate located on the Ju88.  It indicated the aircraft type, serial number, and manufacturer.

Made of aluminum, this is a FANTASTIC piece. 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:

Ju 88 G-6

  713xxx

jbq

Though I do not have any specific history, I am sure research could be made in regards to the loss. 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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