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Re: He 111 H RN+GW
I do not have the Werk-Nr. of this aircraft, but it was a H-5 (as Volker Koos confirmed to me some years ago). In my files I can only find two flights of this aircraft:
on 5. October 1940 from Rechlin to Théville (ferry flight, Flugbuch Dieminger) and
on 6. October 1940 at Théville "UKW-Messflug" (FB Dieminger)
Dieminiger was Section Leader at Abteilung (department) F of E'Stelle Rechlin, which was deeply involved in the development and testing of X- and Y-Verfahren.
Interestingly there were several more 111's of this series at Rechlin and all were exclusively used for testing at Abteilung F:
RN+GO test flights (UKW-Messflug) between 5. Sept. and 10. Oct. 1940 (ferried to Cherbourg that day)
RN+GP test flight (UKW-Messflug) at Rechlin 18. Sept. 1940
RN+GQ test flights (UKW-Messflug) at Rechlin on 14. Sept. and 8. Oct.
RN+GR test flights (UKW-Messflug) at Rechlin on 21./22. Sept. 1940
Could it be these aircraft were finally tested (or equipped/completed) at Rechlin prior to being ferried to a front unit (KGr 100 ??) ?
Christoph
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