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36. This photo is found on page 174 of Creek & Forsyth,
Blitz Bombers, (Chandos, 2020) and is captioned:
"Flanked by three Fw 190s apparently in a hangar at Sola in May 1945. The last two code letters on this aircraft are 'TH" which makes it somewhat of a mystery. Note the faired rack under the turbojet."
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37. The third recce jet known to have been flown out of Stavanger to England was W.Nr. 140493 whose
werknummer is visible in this picture.
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38. This photo, taken at the same time as the above (note the puddle), shows W.Nr. 140493 to be a newly minted Arado with a barely worn engine nacelle. To me, the lack of white rings on the engine cowls and no signs of them being painted over, precludes it from being "9V+BH" or "9V+CH".
On 9 July 1945, S/Ldr. Anthony F. "Tony" Martindale of RAE Farnborough flew W. Nr. 140493 from Stavanger to Schleswig-Jagel, Germany. Then on 13 July, he flew it from Schleswig to Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands; on the 14th to Melsbroek, Belgium; RAF Manston; and finally to Farnborough. According to Smith & Creek's 2022 Classic edition, p. 311, W.Nr. 140493 made "twelve test flights at the RAE totalling 9hrs. 25 mins." On 27 November, it was transferred to No. 6 Maintenance Unit at Brize Norton and eventually scrapped. While the test flights are all listed on page 134 of Phil Bultler's 2022 Crecy edition of
War Prizes, neither source mention it receiving a RAF serial.