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Re: Ar 240 over England
According to the pilot, Hr. Goertz, he followed a formation of B-17s so as not to be detected. I don't know how far he penetrated, but he may not have been noticed by UK defences at all. The mission was part of a series of flights carried out with this aircraft, including missions over Corsica (and Sardinia?)
I know that he had some correspondence with Dr. Alfred Price, from whom I obtained that snippet. Possibly he knows more.
The aircraft was said to be an Ar240C-4, but this is just the designation given (at some stage) to a planned reconnaissance version of the DB603 variant. It most likely was the Ar240A-04 (aka Ar440A-04), as close-up photos show some signs of it being a hybrid airframe.
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