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Re: Fw200 Questions
Weserflug was involved in the Fw 200 production by providing components and even complete wings, but they never built or assembled these aircraft. This was the task of Focke-Wulf, initally at Bremen and later at Cottbus.
W.Nr. 0182 was a Fw 200 C-4, GC+SK, and flown at Cottbus on 17 December 1942. Its subsequent career is still subject to further investigation, but it ended up as F8+IR of 7./K.G.40. The fuselage was lying relatively intact outside a hangar at Bordeaux-Merignac in August 1944 when the Germans retreated. This fuselage survived for quite a while and its center section served as a shepherd's hut in the region until not so long ago. Thus it is of interest that a manufacturers plate of just this plane is showing up now.
Regards
Günther
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