[BABIN]

Hello,

Would it not be possible that the He 177 to which this plate belonged, was the 1st prototype of this aircraft : that manufactured in Rostock by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, having made its 1st flight on November 2, 1939, and which - according to JR Smith and EJ Creek authors of the book "Heinkel 177 Greif" (page 192) - was of type V1, Werknummer 0001.

The following mentions of the plate could plead for this hypothesis:
- 1 (it would be the Werknummer)
- V1 (this would be the type)
- 10.39, namely October 1939, acceptance date of the aircraft

And a first flight only a few weeks later ... a "normal" (?) deadline for a quite new prototype aircraft.

What do He 177 specialists think of this hypothesis ?

Pierre Babin