Re: Do 335 A-1 Air Ministry AM225 --> W.Nr. 240161?
 

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Gentlemen, the numbers chalked on the lower fin are "17" and "175". Watch the horizontal bar in the middle of the "7" - in Germany a measure to distinguish a "7" from a "1".

Regards
RolandF

Re: Do 335 A-1 Air Ministry AM225 --> W.Nr. 240161?
 

The meaning of the double numbers on the top fin is explained here like this: the first or left number resembles the V-number and the second or right is supposed to be the last two digits of the WNr..
Ergo, this is the suggested solution:

Do 335B series prototypes.
6 aircraft part assembled at Oberpfaffenhofen.

Model - Code - Werk Nr. - Notes
Do 335B-2 - RP+UB 14/18 - 240118 - B-2 replacement prototyp
Do 335V-15 - RP+UC 15/19 - 240119 - B-1 2nd prototype, to Lwe Feb 1945
Do 335V-16 - RP+UD 16/20 - 240120 - B-2 2nd prototype, night fighter with FuG 218
Do 335V-17 - RP+UE 17/16 - 240116 - B-6 prototype, also W Nr 230017, to France CEV, w/o 1947?
Do 335V-18 - RP+UF 18/17 - 240117 - B-6 2nd prototype, night fighter, to Lwe Feb 1945
Do 335V-19 - RP+UG 19/15 - 240115 - B-3 prototype, not completed
Do 335V-20 - - B-7 prototype, not completed
Do 335V-21 - - B-8 prototype, not completed
Do 335V-22 - - B-8 2nd prototype, not completed

Re: Do 335 A-1 Air Ministry AM225 --> W.Nr. 240161?
 

Christian
The list you refer to is basically unchanged since 1997 (when I printed it).
It is an interesting theory, but the problem is that no one else seems to take it seriously. Aeroflight's list has not one single reference showing us from where they adapted their list (I doubt their editor has tapped some unknown source nobody else but him has had access to)

Roland
In the case of the digt one vs digit 7 I think you are mistaken. I believe we do look at 115 and below that 15. The middle 1 is for some reason underlined and the line you see does not in fact cut through the middle but is actually beneath it.

I suppose the interesting question is how seriously we should take these chalked (sloppy) digits? In the case of 16/20 we then have evidence of both WNr 240115 and 240163. Not impossible I suppose, but why?

Cheers
Stig