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Fw 190 Production at Mimetall
Hi INM@RLM
Many thanks for your detailed answers once again and the confirmation that the 350-series and 380-series were indeed built / assembled by Weser and Mimetall. I must have seen that document somewhere at some time and then the information became hazy but it's great to have the original source for it. I totally agree that is is time for an update of Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug by Rodeike or something similar although McDermott has published a set of books on the paint, markings and production of the radial engined Fw 190 covering those produced by Apparatebau GmbH Oschersleben, Arado, Fieseler and Norddeutschen Dornier Werk which are excellent though I haven't seen that the volume covering Focke Wulf has been released yet. I searched for the information published in JaPo and found it on page 215 of Focke Wulf Fw 190D Camouflage & Markings but to be honest it was not a data plate of a 500-series machine but rather the same aircraft that you mentioned in your post, Fw 190 D-9 (W.Nr. 400 255), with the ordinance code identifying it as manufactured by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland. Note that they identified Weser Flugzeug Gesellschaft as a contractor to Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland in that book which was quite confusing to me at the time as each was producing a separate series of fighters but now makes sense.
Horrido!
Leo
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