Trying to identify a Ju188 - can anyone help?! (1 Viewer)

[RetroDan16]

Hello all, I've joined here in the hope someone might be able to help me with this photo I have. That's my Grandad in the picture, when he was part of the RAF disarmament wing in 1945. This took him to areas of Germany including Neumunster, Lubeck, Uetersen and maybe some other places too (his record is quite hard to read!)
When my Dad died a couple of years ago, I came into possession many of his Dad's wartime photos, and many of his time in Germany.
This Ju188 (which he'd incorrectly labelled a Dornier flying pencil on the reverse of the photo!) is interesting because I haven't seen any photos of 188's of the camouflage on the bottom.
I hoped this might make it easier to identify the unit, alas that's not been the case!
This photo could have been taken at any of the above locations (I've been told it was most likely Uetersen because of the snow) - my Grandad was in Germany from August until late November 1945.
Can anyone help me identify the variant, and possibly what unit it might have been?
I'd be hugely grateful for any leads or advice.
Thank you!

 

[Snautzer01]

Hi and welcome.

Lets start here.

eBay: Junkers Ju188

ww2aircraft.net

 

[Snautzer01]

Uetersen (GER) (53 39 00 N – 09 42 40 E)
General: airfield (Fliegerhorst) in Schleswig-Holstein 21 km NW of
Hamburg; airfield 5 km SSE of Uetersen.
History: dates from June 1933 as sports field for glider enthusiasts.
Taken over by the Luftwaffe in April 1935 and built out as a major
training airfield with the first aircraft flying in on 25 July 1936.
Established as a Lw. Fliegerhorstkommandantur by 1 October 1936
and base construction continued until 1939. Uetersen had a huge
Kaserne (barrack complex) and this was used for recruit training from
1935 on. But plans for a big flight training center were altered by the
outbreak of war on 1 September 1939 and Uetersen served mainly as
a month or two rest and re-equipment stop for operational flying units.
Dimensions: approx. 1000 x 1145 meters (1100 x 1250 yards) with
an irregular shape.
Surface and Runways: Grass surface with paved hangar apron and
paved taxiway. No paved runway. Equipped with flare path,
perimeter lighting, obstruction lighting and the short form of the visual
Lorenz system for night landings.
Fuel and Ammunition: refueling points on paved apron at the NE
corner of the landing area in front of hangars. One small ammunition
dump off the S boundary and another off the W boundary.
Infrastructure: had 1 large hangar, 1 large repair hangar and 2 small
hangars, all along the N boundary and all with paved aprons. The
station motor pool and garage was off the NE corner. A large group
of barrack buildings (Kaserne or barrack complex) was just N of the
hangars, and just to the E of these were the station HQ, officers' mess,
dining halls, and several additional barracks. The station sports
ground and dispensary were just W of the large group of barracks.
The control tower was between the two large hangars. The nearest
rail connection was in Uetersen to the NW of the airfield.
Dispersal: there were 4 dispersal areas: Northeast, South, Northwest
and West with a total of 20 large open aircraft shelters, 43 small open
aircraft shelters and 12 hardstands.
Defenses: protected by 1 or 2 heavy Flak positions and 5 light Flak
positions, all of the latter mounted in Flak towers.
Satellites and Decoy

http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf

 

[Snautzer01]

Towed with no consideration for the plane meaning no vale for. That when the lost tires. Prop that raf service man is holding is probably of the plane.

So that means imo the Ju188 stood a while after end war then was towed and not considered as a value any more so that is why the props were dumped next to plane.

No radar, no to me visible bomb shackles underwing. So perhaps recce

 

[SaparotRob]

The Forum rules!

 

[GrauGeist]

no to me visible bomb shackles underwing. So perhaps recce

Some variants did not have the external shackles fitted.

 

[Snautzer01]

Some variants did not have the external shackles fitted.

Yes but late war i think in the case of Ju188 its either wekusta or recce if the are not there. Certainly with absence of radar. There were not much left in a pure bomber form. In fact not that many bombers were thought of as important late 44 to 45 end.

 

[mjfur]

Maybe the sleuths can work backwards? Can we i.d. which version of the Ju-188 it is from the photo? Junkers Ju 188 - Wikipedia

Then i.d. which Luftwaffe units used that version. Then i.d. where those Luftwaffe units were assigned.