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Re: He111 WNr4531 or 4581, mot.No 17541 3/4.Apr.1944
A thought. 4xxx-series He 111 Werk-Nummern were assigned to H-5s & H-6s delivered by EHF during 1940/41. The chance of one of them still being used operationally by a Luftwaffe unit in 1944 is probably vanishingly small.
The greater likelihood is this was an H-16, either 8531 or 8581 (coming from an EHF batch seemingly of 70 H-16s spanning WNr. 8521 - 8590).
Per Holm, at this date 14.(Eis)/KG55 was based at Jakobstadt (Jēkabpils) and that Staffel reported two H-16s lost to enemy action during April 1944.
Perhaps Jim can tell us more?
Last edited by INM@RLM; 4th August 2023 at 06:56.
Reason: Typo (to for two)
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