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115. In May of 1944, perhaps in hopes of ameliorating Hitler's demand that the Me 262 solely be used as a high-speed bomber, the RLM ordered an early introduction of the Ar 234
Berta as a bomber. On 6 June,
III./KG 76 was ordered to Alt-Lonnewitz to convert to the Ar 234 B-2 "
Blitz", [Horn,
KG 76, (2019), p. 94] and on 29 June, an
Erprobungskommando 234 was established at Rechlin-Lärz to test the first S-Series bombers using a standard tricycle landing gear, [Smith & Creek, (2022), p. 133].
"Luftwaffe officers and a man, second from left who appears to be a civilian pilot, possibly from Arado, watch an Ar 234 of KG 76 being refuelled with J2 through its forward filler point from an Opel Blitz bowser at Alt-Lonnewitz. Note the technician at right is about to use the drop down step and hand hold to climb atop the fuselage," Forsyth & Beale,
Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance units, (Osprey, 2020), p. 31.
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116. "The Ar 234 B-2 bomber had a maximum payload (without
R-Geräte) of 4,409 lbs. (2000 kgs.) including fuel. It was equipped with a Patin PDS three axes autopilot with LKS7D-15 over-riding control, enabling the pilot to swing the control column clear so that he could use the Lotfe 7K tachometric bomb sight. A BZA bombing computer was used in connection with a RF2C periscope sight for shallow dive bombing," cf.
www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_Ar_234.htl .
Smith & Creek, (2022), on p. 105 label this photo as:
"An Arado workman slides into the cockpit of a prototype prior to a test flight. The aircraft is thought to be the Ar 234 V10."
The V10 was being used at Alt Lonnewitz by the Patin company to test and calibrate their PDS autopilot. On 22 July, Patin's
flugbaumeister Dipl. Ing Hans Richter was forced to bail out of the V10 when the port engine caught fire, (RL 2-III/780, p. 52).
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117. "An unidentified Ar 234 B-2 of KG 76 possibly at Alt-Lonnewitz in the summer of 1944 during the Geschwader's conversion period. it is fitted with racks beneath each turbojet for either bombs or droptanks," Creek & Forsyth,
Blitz Bombers, (Chandos, 2020), p. 53.