Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyMa
I think the 4U+DH of 1.(F)/123 shot down 11 February was WNr.140459
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Conversely, CX/MSS/R509(A)/17:
No. 20320 from GEDNA ((Lfl. Reich))/((Chief QM)) Engineer 3 to ((Chief QM))/Chief Engineer 3, on 30/3 [1945]:
Following for information:
There have been installed in a/c 8/234 W.Nr. 140317 to 140459 by firm Arado, owing to lack of height-compensating AS 1 FL 22241, AS 1 FL 22234. These equipments will now be exchanged against height-compensating AS 1 FL 22241. Indents for the equipment will be made to firm Arado a/c Works Abt. Altimeters, Technical Branch, Potsdam.
And (
from my website):
NOTE: Felde’s Arado was 4U+DH and its Werk Nummer is generally given as 140149 (possibly an error since 1.(F)/100 attributed the same number to its T5+AH a month later). To confuse matters further, Quartermaster General listed the loss of W.Nr. 140459 on 10 February, linking this to Felde’s loss, supposedly the same day. Whether 140459 was also lost is unclear although it was mentioned in a signal on 3 March about a batch of Ar 234s with a non-standard altimeter installed.