Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hallo All,

I have recently purchased Horst Materna's Die Gechichte der Henschel Flugzeug-Weke.He mentions that the Hs 124 V-4 was delivered to the E-Stelle Travemunde on 2 June 1939. Earlier works do not even mention that a fourth prototype was built so this was new to me. There is no mention of the Hs 124 V4 in the list of aircraft at Travemunde in Beavais, Kosseler et als German Secret Flight Test Centres.

So to my question. Are either a civil registration or a Stkz known for the Hs 124 and for what purpose was it employed at Travemunde and what was the eventual fate of the aircraft.

Regards,

Clint

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

It is mentioned in Henschel documents as "umbau auf Stuka" in 1938 so possibly this could be a clue to the purpose.

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Clint

Are any WNr mentioned in the book?

Cheers
Stig

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hello Stig,

Yes WNr 270.

Regards,

Clint

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hi Clint
Does the book state what the W/Nrs are for the Hs124 V1 to V3

I have these as 268, 269 & 270

Thanks

Regards

Tom Willis

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hello Tom,

I'm at work at the moment and will post again if my memory is erroneous but the WNr you list are those in the book. However, the V3 is described as the Export V2 and the four machines as V1, V2,Export V2 and V4, which does seem a little unusual.
Regards,

Clint

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

V1 = 268
V2 = 269
V4 = 270

The V3 was ordered by RLM in Nov 1936 to be developed as High altitude reconnaissance aircraft, but this was soon cancelled and the V3 remained only a mock-up. In orther words the V3 didn't have anything to do with the conversion of the V2 for export purposes.

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Thanks Clint (and Mikael)

However I was wondering more generally if there are any WNR mentioned in the book. I was told there was none and have thus disregarded the book entirely and hopefully waiting for something better.

In your opinion are enough WNr mentioned for me to invest in it?

Cheers
Stig

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hello Stig,

Probably not enough WNr for your needs. The Wnr for the prototypes of the various Henschel made machines are given, other than that, while the occasional Wnr is mentioned in the text this is not an area on which Horst Materna has focused.

Regards,

Clint

Re: Henschel Hs 124 and also Hs 122
 

What a pity Clint

Any chance to state the HS 122 situation
How many prototypes were built and what WNr did they have?

Cheers
Stig

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hello Stig,

Horst Materna lists V1,V2 and V3 with Wnr 4, 5 and 6 respectively.
He further states that 19 Hs 122 A-0 were built, but that the remaining 27planned Hs 122 A-1 " nur in Baugruppen weiter zu bauen sind"

He states that the only isolated examples of the Hs 122 were used by schools and for testing.

I'm aware of the E-Stelle Travemunde based TI+HI, which presumably would be the V-1 formerly D-IISI but not of the employment of any of the prototypes or other Hs 122 A-0.Has anyone further information on post September 1939 users of the Hs 122?

Regards,

Clint

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Thanks Clint

Appreciate the details.

Cheers
Stig

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Hi Clint
As far as I can tell the Henschel W/Nrs were arranged as

1 - Hs 121a (V1)
2 - Hs 125 V1 - D-EKAN
3 - Hs 125 V2 - D-IEHA
4 - Hs 122 V1 - D-UQEV
5 - Hs 122 V2 - D-UBYN
6 - Hs 122 V3 - D-UDIZ
7 - Hs 121 V2 - D-EOVA

The 2nd & 3rd airframes intended for the Hs 121 V2-V3 were utilized for the Hs 125 V1&V2
But it would seem that Henschel did allocate another airframe for the Hs 121 V2.
Are these listed in the Materna book as laid out above?
Also Clint the Hs 122A D-IISI would most likely have been the 1st airframe of the A series tested at Est Travemunda. The W/Nr was 645
Regards
Tom Willis

Re: Henschel Hs 124 Travemunde
 

Hello Tom,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, Materna gives the WNr exactly as you have.

Thanks also for the correction on my misplaced assumption about D-ISII.

Have yo come across Stkz for any of the other Hs.122 A-0 in you researches?

Regards,

Clint