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Re: Fw 190 Production at Mimetall
Actually, I find I did complete a separate study dedicated only to the GFW D-9s.
These were the blocks that emerged for prefix-60.
#1 WNr. 600121 to 600180 (60)
#2 WNr. 600341 to 600440 (100)
#3 WNr. 600631 to 600670 (40)
#4 WNr. 600761 to 600805 (45)
#5 WNr. 601026 to 601110 (85)
#6 WNr. 601281 to 601320 (40)
#7 WNr. 601441 to 601488 (block never completed but probably ran to 48)
Those total 418; deduct the 22 found destroyed at Fl.Pl. Eschwege & Fl.Pl. Kassel-Waldau as written off before delivery, to arrive at a total deliveries figure of 396.
Of these Fieseler monthly reports evidence at the close of Feb-45 a cumulative total of 351 D-9 flugklar angeliefert i.e. rolled out of final assembly to the test flight line.
The figures above are significantly lower than those that have appeared in past publications. One can only speculate that perhaps writers were either unaware of these company reports, or possibly undervalued or misunderstood the content documented by the company actually building these aircraft.
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