[Tom Willis]

Hi Stig
Thanks for the reply - I was always under the impression that the topic under discussion was the SNCAN production of the Do24 at Sartrouville. The list that I gave for the numbers 58 to 102 are the SNCAN factory contruction numbers and the 1178 to 1305 were the projected RLM W/Nrs. These were never built (at least under German control) as the factory was overun by the Allied advance. The French continued building these and at least 40 were built. The SNCAN 1st order was for 52 a/c and the 2nd order was for 50 a/c (102 in total) to be completed by April 1945. Two a/c crashed before delivery so 54 were built for the 1st contracted order. Is this okay? There can be a lot of confusion with factory construction numbers and the RLM numbers associated with them. The Fokker/Aviolanda built a/c the RLM 0001 had the Dutch c/n as 74.
The first part of my enquiry was about the RLM W/Nr 044 with the Stkz of CM+IJ shipped in parts to the SNCAN factory as a pattern a/c for the rest of the Do24s to be built there. My argument was that the Aviolanda construction numbers from 108 to 116 (RLM W/Nrs 035 to 043 - CM+IA to CM+II) follow in consequetive order as c/n 117 to 132 (RLM W/Nrs 045 to 060 - CM+IK to CM+IZ). W/Nr 044 - CM+IJ is listed as being shipped to Sartrouville as FS 1 (I think this was 991) as the original W/Nr 044 was assigned the Stkz CM+IJ this was retained when it was given a different W/Nr as being French built but using Dutch components. I can't put in any simpler.

Cheers - Tom Willis