[Henschel0385]

Hi,

When I work out the procedure on this site, I will put up a set of recent
photos, and yes I am Martin M.

I have worked on these remains for many years and there is still a lot to do.

The Henschel was never designed to come apart in the cockpit area, consequently it has been a real painstaking process.

I now have 99% of its history from completion ex-Factory in October 1942 to the present day.

0385 started life on the production line as 0388, and as a B-1, due to a production welding problem it was pulled off the line, modified and redesignated as 0385, it also was uniquely a transitional machine that was more B-1 than B-2.

For interest, the gun troughs were still caked in carbon and the aluminium shrouds inside the cockpit showed signs of melting.

I am glad to contribute to the forum.