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Re: FD5562/45 - Beitrag zur Beschaffungsmeldung Dec 44

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Originally Posted by Marcel Hogenhuis View Post
Hello all,

As I understood from Bf110's which were delivered to the I./NJG 1 in the early years, a 'Schleuse' also prepared the aircraft for their tasks: Bf110's for the I./NJG 1 went via 'Schleuse' Werl to get exhaust dampers and black camouflage for instance, before they were delivered in Venlo.

As my amount of info about this is quite small, my addition should be treated with some care.

Marcel
Last night I was browsing the US National Archives site, Roll 59 of their Luftwaffe High Command material, and I came across instructions that Schleusen were only to carry out modifications to aircraft according to an approved list of changes. Most of the examples given were to meet the requirements of individual Luftflotten and included changes to crew seating, armament and additional fuel tanks.
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