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In Smith & Creek's
Arado Ar 234 Blitz, (Classic, 2022), on p. 166, they write: "The Arado 234 V19, PI+WX, was the first successful Ar 234 C-Series prototype. It can be distinguished from the V20 and V21 in that the engines were unpainted." Probably due to this fallacy, on the same page they wrongly caption this photo as "The Ar 234 V20 was wrecked at Wesendorf airfield on 4 April 1945 as a consequence of a USAAF raid."
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This photo shows the same aircraft at Wesendorf. A report by the G2 Field Section of the Technical Intelligence unit of the British 2ns T.A.F. clearly identifies this Ar 234 as "Number, 130029 in black on fin ... Markings PI + WX in large black letters." This report can be found on p. 186 of Creek & Forysth,
Blitz Bombers, Kampfgeschwader 76 and the Arado Ar 234, (Chandos, 2020).
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After clearing the hangar of debris, the Ar 234 V19 was moved outside where this photo was taken. As for the V20, Jan Horn in
KG 76 Die Chronik ..., (2019), p. 300, identifies "Ar 234 V 20 (PI+WY, Werk-Nr. 130030)" as the aircaft flown by
Ltn. Bruno Stellbrink that exploded on takeoff from Lärz on 28 April 1945. "(An der Absturzstelle in Lärz werden am 10. Mai 1995 zwei Bruchstücke ausgraben, auf dem folgende Angabe eingestempelt war: '234 V20' und 'R.TR. AUSSEN'.)" Also, Ofw. Ludwig Dambach was mistaken when he said that the V19 was the four-engined Ar 234 that he flew to Neubiberg in April 1945. (Smith & Creek, p. 175).