JFM Technical Library at the Library of Congress

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'clock High!:

Artie Bob
German documents
Sat May 20 02:45:37 2000


I have never done research in GB, but much of the original documentary material related to a/c production went there. I have looked at accesssion lists for
ADI(K)captured documents and the descriptions indicated that much of the W.nr. and Stkz info I have been searching for was in captured documents transferred after
the end of the war to the British AI branch dealing with Luftwaffe production. I do not have any idea whether the original documents are still in GB (probably not) or
whether they might have been microfilmed. There were also additional destinations for captured documents including the war crimes investigators and an Allied
captured document repository in Paris. Apparently, the JFM technical library in its entirety was absorbed into the US Library of Congress. One of my next USA
search destinations will be the US Navy shipyard in DC. IMHO the only "mother lode" left is in the USSR archives and I do not hold out much hope of ever seeing
much of that material. However, there are "pockets" of information scattered in various US archives which at first glance would not seem to be sources for Luftwaffe
information. Hopefully, after 50 years of looking, I am getting more knowlegeable how to search, but there is just so much stuff to go through. I have no concerns that
as I retire, I will not be able to fill up the next 20 or 30 years with research on the Luftwaffe.

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

keith falla
three quick questions
Thu Jan 3 08:16:25 2002


1) does any one know where i can get a plan or technical drawing of a JU88C2 this is not for publication it is to illustrate a history research paper.
2)In 1962 the bodies of some of the germans killed were exhumed and re buried at Cannock in the German War Cemetry.This confuses me as not all were moved there , was there a reason for this.
3)58 MU based near Newark Notts were responsible for the clearing of crashed aircraft,I am told that they buried alot of these wrecks at Scar Cliff is this true and if so why
thanks for any help keith

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Ted Miller
Ju88C2
Fri Jan 4 04:11:22 2002


'If' you can find drawings for the A1 bomber version, you will have it. From the info I have, the C2s were built using A1s, skinned-over the nose and mounted 3-MG, and 1-20mm cannon fixed into the nose.

The major differences between the C2, and other 'C' versions is the short wingspan, and 1200 hp powerplants.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Artie Bob
C-2
Sun Jan 6 00:32:58 2002


The wingspan is not the defining difference between the C-2 and C-4. Most serviceable A-1s (and short wing C-2s) had long span wings retrofitted. The C-3,5,7 were all BMW powered versions. The C-4 differed from the C-2 primarily in auxilliary equipment(not wingspan). (BTW-there was a thread addressing this subject in detail several weeks ago). Sources for this info are JFM monthly reports, manuals and loss records.