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Originally Posted by INM@RLM

In response to post #27 (only because the point has been introduced to this thread)

Ron Ferguson did indeed table on p.38 of his latest that EHFWien delivered fifteen He 219 A-2s with the Werk-Nummern of 420319 to 333, as well as five D-1s assigned WNr. 420371 to 375.

However both statements are unsafe, since WNr. 420325 was actually delivered as a standard He 219 D-1. This is clear from the wording on page 4 of the FIU Report (No.53 dated 8th Aug 1945 produced by Number 1 Field Intelligence Unit (Austria) and found in the UK NA within AIR 23/6369)
“Among the documentary evidence found were two files concerning the manufacturing history of two He 219’s, numbers 430325 and 430326, for which the internal works numbers were 113 and 114. Apart from showing the many defects discovered at the inspection, these files show that No. 113 had Jumo 213 engines and methanol/water injection, and was fitted with FuG 220. Number 114 had DB603AA engines, but also many troubles.” There is nothing here to indicate that 430325 was anything other than a standard series production machine fitted with Jumo 213Es and so by definition a He 219 D-1.
(Ron quotes these same words on p.86 but then manages to confuse this aircraft numbered 430325 with A-2 WNr. 420323 independently documented as the He 219 V41 Versuchsträger für Jumo 213 E in the V-Muster Industrie Lieferplan sheet dated 02-Jan-45 [see FD 61/46 at IWM Duxford which was also seen by Ron as noted on p.92 in note 2].) One has to ask then how likely would it be that the manufacturing file for an individual aircraft found at Schwechat by the FIU would make no mention whatsoever that this airframe had been selected as a Versuchsmaschine, when all other references to He 219 V-Muster examples were carefully documented throughout this FIU report?

The other points that somehow got overlooked here were that:
1. Lieferplan 227/1 of 15-Dec-44 showed that EHFWien had delivered a total of just 11 He 219 A-2 by the close of 30-Nov-44 with no more to follow. (See BA-MA RL 3/1045.)
2. This total of just 11 A-2 from Wien-Schwechat is supported precisely by the monthly quantities of neubau aircraft deliveries (in this period this report series was titled Beiträge zur Beschaffungsmeldung). (See RLM 1435 for the relevant months on US NARA Microfilm T177-42)
The detailed split of EHFW A-2 deliveries given there is:
Sep-44 = 5
Oct-44 = 3
Nov-44 = 3
Total = 11
3. Separately, the eleven individual EHFW He 219 A-2 identities along with at least two of the D-1s have each been independently corroborated subsequently.

In conclusion then, it is clear that EHFWien deliveries of neither of these two sub-types were assigned Werk-Nummern running in a single complete consecutive sequence.

thanks and noted