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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Satellite Field Brunnthal and its Aircraft


In previous blogs, Junkers 88 G-6 at München Brunnthal and Junkers 88 G-6 of V./NJG2, I have discussed the Junkers 88 G-6 night fighters found at the Brunnthal scrap yard, and in particular those of V./NJG2. With about half of all more or less intact aircraft at the collection point individually identified, it is time to provide an analysis of the complete line-up. In most instances only one publication source is listed although for the majority of aircraft several photographic records exist and multiple views are documented. Uncertainties about Werknummer or unit association of individual aircraft are marked with an (*) and elaborated in the comment section.

I am very grateful to Scott Pinkowski for his permission to republish photographs taken by his grandfather, Jerry Pinkowski, who served with the 347th Ordnance Depot Company and whose devotion to photography has presented us with a considerable number of “Lost Images of WW2” which Scott has published on his website, including those of Brunnthal, lostimagesofww2.  
 
This is work in progress. Other researchers may have drawn different conclusions, so this list will perhaps spark discussion and debate.

Aerial view of the scrap yard, Loy (2010), p.43


No.
Aircraft
Werknummer
unit markingmain sourcecomment
1
Ju290A-7
290110191
9V+AB
Stab/FAGr5
Crandall (2011), p.7


2
Si204D

- - - - - -
+KK
BFS34
Jerry Pinkowski Collection

3
Ju88G-6
621353*
number “5” on tail plane
Likely V./NJG2* 
Birkholz (1996), p.35 
Werknummer confirmed, association with #3 almost certain. Unit not confirmed, but usage of numbers on tail plane in line with other V./NJG2 aircraft
4
Me410

- - - - - -
F6+CK
1./(F)122
Proulx (2007), p.29

5
Bf110G-4
730286*
2Z+MU
10./NJG6
Proulx (2008), p.25 
Werknummer acc. to Proulx (2008), p.25. Alternative possible endings 95, 96 or 85
6

He111H

- - - - - -

+RW*
Jerry Pinkowski Collection
Likely 5J+RW, Yellow R of 12./KG4, see Gaemperle (2011), p.11 and 12
7

Si204D

- - - - - -
SR+AK, white 90
Blindflugschule
Loy (2010), p.45

8
Ju88G-6
622345*
U5+OT
V./NJG2
Green (2006), p.29
Werknummer almost certain, discernible from internet photograph
9
He111H

- - - - - -

Birkholz (1996), p.35 


10
He111H

- - - - - -*

Internet photo
Werknummer looks like 7617 - - with the last numbers potentially 0, 8, 6 combinations
11
Ju88G-6
621650
n/a



12

Ju88G-6

62 - - - - 4*

n/a
Gaemperle (2011), p.13
Werknummer possibly 6237-4
13
Ju88V-17
880017

DI+MW
Gaemperle (2011), p.13

14
Bf110G-4

- - - - - -

+AA
Jerry Pinkowski Collection

15
Ju88G-6
622901
U5+GT
V./NJG2
Janowicz (2005), p.73


16
Ju88C-6

5556

Proulx (2007), p.21
LEMB Ju88G-6 database, LEMB Ju88G-6 database, post #481

17
Ju52

- - - - - -



18
Ju52

- - - - - -



19
He111H

- - - - - -
+FW
Jerry Pinkowski Collection

20
Ju88C-6

- - - - - -

+OW, Yellow O
Proulx (2007), p.21 
Neil Page’s FalkeEins blog, falkeeins.blogspot

21
Ju88G-6
621602
number “9” on tail plane
V./NJG2* 

V./NJG2 Flugbuch entries confirm usage of aircraft marked “9” 
22
Ju88G-6
- - - - - -* 
n/a

Possibly 620154, Werknummer confirmed at Brunnthal, association with #22 uncertain
23
Ju88G-6
- - - - - -

n/a
Gaemperle (2011), p.21 and 53

24
Ju88G-6
- - - - - -
n/a


25
Me410

- - - - - -

Birkholz (1996), p.67
Gaemperle (2011), p.21

26
Me262A-1
170071*
White 2*
III./EJG2*
Birkholz (1996), p.67
Although the tactical marking is not discernible from the photograph, the upper fuselage camouflage pattern appears identical to other White 2 photographs. Unit association with III./EJG2 acc. to Brown et al. (2012), p.107
27
Ju52


BL+YA*
Internet photo
Stammkennzeichen acc. to Göran Larsson, www.luftwaffe-research-group.org
28
Ju188*


Gaemperle (2011), p.13
aircraft type very likely, but not confirmed
29
Ju88G-6
622322
U5+NT
V./NJG2
Gaemperle (2011), p.52-54

30
Ju88G-6
- - - - - -
U5+FT
V./NJG2
Green (2006), p.29

31
He111H
3832

+D-
Birkholz (1996), p.67

31a
He111H

+FL
Internet photo

32
He111H


Internet photo
Marking appears to be a Stammkennzeichen KG+
33
Me262A-1a/U4

White 34
III./EJG2*
Brown et al. (2012), p.107
With III./EJG2 acc. to Brown et al. (2012), p.107
34
Me262A-1b
111685
9K+FH, white F1./KG51
Green (2006), p.29

35

Ju87


TK+H-*
Green (2006), p.29
Stammkennzeichen likely TK+HD, which the LRG database lists as Ju87C-0  V10, WNr. 4820, www.luftwaffe-research-group.org/SktzT
36
JuW34hi


Internet photo
37
Me262A-1
111617
White 9
III./EJG2*
Warbirds Photo Album, Vol.4, p.68
With III./EJG2 acc. to Brown et al. (2012), p.107
38
Ju88G-6
621591
number “24” on tail plane
Likely V./NJG2* 
Green (2006), p.29
Unit not confirmed, but usage of numbers on tail plane in line with other V./NJG2 aircraft
39
Bf110G-4


Warbirds Photo Album, Vol.4, p.68

40
JuW34hi
3075
BB+MO*
Internet photo
Stammkennzeichen not confirmed, acc. to LRG, www.luftwaffe-research-group.org
41
Ju88G-6
62295-*
U5+AT
V./NJG2
According to Steve Sheflin, Werknummer is 622951
42
He111H


GW+DG
Green (2006), p.29
eBay March 2016 photo

43
Ju52

8T+DN
5./TG2
Jerry Pinkowski Collection

44
Me410
130320
BK+ZP
Green (2006), p.79

45
Me410


+EK
Proulx (2007), p.14

46
unidentified




47
He111H

G1+
KG55
Internet photo

48
Ju88G-6
622990
U5+DT
V./NJG2
Loy (2010), p.46

49
Ju188


Internet photo

50
Me410
130335

Internet photo

51
He111H


+CW 
Proulx (2007), p.29

52
Bf110G-4


+CU
Crandall (2011), p.7

53
He111H
Si104


Crandall (2011), p.7


South - West corner entrance area


Southern perimeter - Ju88G-6 tail planes

#1 - Ju290A-7

Scrap in front of Ju290A-7

#2 - Si204D

#6 He111H

#11 - Ju88G-6

#19 - He111H

#42 - He111H

#50, #48, #43 - Me410, Ju88G-6, Ju52

#43 - Ju52

#48 - Ju88G-6

#50 - Me410

Scrap yard at Brunnthal - Bf109


References

Birkholz, Heinz (Editor), 1996
Jet&Prop Foto-Archiv Band 6
VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany

Brown, David, E., Poruba Tomáš, Vladař, Jan, 2012
Me 262 Production and Ar 234 Final Operations
JaPo, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Crandall, Jerry, 2003
Wings of the Black Cross, Number 1
Eagle Editions Ltd., Hamilton 

Crandall, Jerry, 2011
Wings of the Black Cross, Number 7
Eagle Editions Ltd., Hamilton

Gaemperle, Roger S., 2011
Captured Eagles, German WWII Aircraft Captured By The Allies, Volume I
Vintage Eagle Publishing, Zürich, Switzerland

Green, Brett, 2006
Götterdämmerung, Luftwaffe Wrecks and Relics
Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, UK

Janowicz, Krzysztof, 2005
Junkers Ju 88 vol. III
Kagero, Lublin, Poland

Loy, Norbert, 2010
Feldflugplatz Brunnthal
Jet&Prop 4/2010, Verlag Heinz Nickel Buchvertrieb, Zweibrücken, Germany

Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album Vol.4, 1993
Delta Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Proulx, Mark, 2007
Wings of the Black Cross, Number 4
Eagle Editions Ltd., Hamilton

Proulx, Mark, 2008
Wings of the Black Cross, Number 5
Eagle Editions Ltd., Hamilton

Proulx, Mark, 2012
Wings of the Black Cross, Number 9
Eagle Editions Ltd., Hamilton