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26. This cropping from the third Forus picture shows "F1+FT" in its position beside "F1+HT" in the lineup, the "343" of the
werknummer can just be made out. It is in the green splinter camo without a ring of
staffel colour on the nacelle cowl and also without fairings or racks below the nacelle.
On 6 June 1945, W.Nr. 140343 was noted as Category D at Sola - serviceable in seven days. It has been surmised by Norwegian historians that W.Nr. 140343 became unserviceable during that summer and that it was "... dismantled, crated and shipped from Sola in October," (cf.
https://www.Luftwaffe.no/SIG/1945/Arado.html).
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27. The sixth and last Arado bomber found by British forces at Stavanger on 10 May 1945 was W.Nr 140148, possibly "F1+FR" (white "F"). Although it was rated on June 6 as Category C (serviceable in twelve hours), the above Norwegian source says this:
"During the summer the Allied forces performed evaluation and demonstration flights with the Ar 234 at Sola. The actual flying was done by German pilots. During one of these flights an Ar 234 made a hard down-wind landing resulting in a nosewheel collapse. This was probably Werk-No. 140148, and the machine was written off and scrapped in Norway... ."
This photo probably shows either W.Nr 140343 or 140148 in Norway. Like other bombers we have seen, it lacks the
staffel colour ring on the nacelle cowl, and the absence of fairings and racks indicate it was a bomber. The buildings in the background have the same style as those in Forus.