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Re: Blohm und Voss built Ju W 34s
Again, Blohm & Voss W.Nr. 139 to 147, 154 to 170 and 173 to 180 can be confirmed as licence built Junkers W 34 hi within the regular Ha and BV W.Nr. series.
This was starting with W.Nr. 101 for the first Ha 135 D-EXIL and ending according to my knowledge with W.Nr. 442 initially assigned to BV 222 V6 but only to be delivered in 1942 with new W.Nr. 222 000 006 in a separate block for BV 222s. This procedure of re-issueing a separate type related W.Nr. block was also applied for other types, i.e. BV 141, and might explain for some gaps in the range of W.Nr. 392 to 436.
The system of type related W.Nr. blocks had already been introduced earlier on demand of RLM for series production of licence built aircraft. This is what it is all about with the B & V built W 34 hau with W.Nr. in 900 and 1000 blocks as well as Ju 86 with W.Nr. in 4000 block.
Regards,
Günther Ott
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