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Re: eBAy: Captured german planes
In my observation, there are details depicted in the He 219 photographs that shine new light on these captured aircraft, so I agree with Richard.
In my view, the Werknummer of the aircraft in the first two photographs reads as 290060 which is in line with available information. The propeller blades carry the number 15. On the fuselage appears to be written USA 9. The underside of the wings appears to be black, as well as the doors of the wheel bays whereas the underside of the fuselage and the vertical tailplane are of lighter color.
Researchers of He 219 including Ron Ferguson have listed the three "US He 219" as
FE 612, Werknummer 210903, USA 8, "15" applied to its propeller blades
FE 613, Werknummer 290060, USA 9
FE 614, Werknummer 290202, USA 10
In his Research Paper, Ron apparently did not have any records of 290060 having black undersurfaces. Although he then claimed that aircraft within the block of Werknummern 290054 - 290078 possibly had consistently applied black camouflage, he cited 290060 as an exception to that rule.
Obviously, the propeller and spinner of the three He 219 may have been interchanged; that might explain why "15" propellers were on 290060 as shown in the photographs in August 1945, and potentially on 210903 at a later stage. There are also other potential explanations, so these photographs open new questions ....
Kind regards
Mathias
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