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Old 21st February 2024, 10:09
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Re: Some enlarged and "tweaked" known photos of Ar 234s

"In addition to the damaged 140148, another damaged Ar 234 was also present. Information and photos indicated that this machine had been deliberately damaged on 7. May before the German capitulation in Norway. this was probably Werk-No. 140491. Together with 140148 it was scrapped before the British forces left Norway in November," cf. https://www.Luftwaffe.no/SIG/1945/Arado.html .


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28. In this cropping of the first picture of Forus, Norway, three recce Arado Ar 234 B-2bs can be recognized by their racks for the auxilliary fuel tanks under the engine nacelles. As far as I know, there were already two Arado recce's at Stavanger before 5 May. On 1 May 1945, the recce unit 1./FAGr 5 at Sola was redesignated 1./FAGr. 1 but the two remaining aircraft retained the "9V" code of FAGr. 5. They were "9V+BH" (white "B") and "9V+CH" (presumably white "C"). In this picture, the aircraft that I presume is "9V+CH" has distinctive wide RLM 21 white cowl rings with visible fairings and racks under the nacelle and is immediately to the right of the Arado identified as 140581 "8H+CH" by Creek & Forsyth, Blitz Bombers, (Chandos, 2020), p. 172.
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