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Re: He111 WNr4531 or 4581, mot.No 17541 3/4.Apr.1944
Many thanks, Stig. I have though to add a PS to my post #12.
The identification of WNr. 8433 as a He 111 H-16 comes from the text of War Prizes.220 & photos Midland, plus LwCamo&Markg PhotoArchive#1.74.
The difference between the H-11 and the H-16 was that the whole bomb load of the H-16 was carried internally, whereas on the H-11 the whole load was carried on external racks. The Lynn Ware photo of 8433 at Freeman Field clearly shows an array of external bomb racks fitted underneath the centre section of this aircraft.
Ergo, the books are in error and this aircraft was actually a He 111 H-11. That points to 8456 as the correct point at which H-16 production commenced.
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