[PhilippeDM]

Dear friends,

Browsing through Eric Larger, Marc Deboeck and Tomas Poruba's volume 2 covering the Fw 190 D, I came across Dora pictures of what is referred to be WNr 211251. See page 467 upper right and left.

The tables in the same books indicate that no Dora's were built in that block of WNrs. The closiest match is block 210901-211200 (Fw Sorau (Cotbuss)(FW)). The next block is 211901-211950 (Gerhard fieseler Werke (GFW)). No other "211" blocks are mentionned. Obviously there seems to be a WNr. gap between 211200 and 211900.

A quick look through my picture index from volume 1 does not clarify the situation either: no match. This WNr seems not to exist.

According to me this is a type mismatch. Should it be possible this plane to be 210251, plane which fits perfectly in the described WNr. blocks? This plane is part of a JG6 (?) machines captured by the Soviets and put into action with the "Baltic Fleet Air Force".
Some pictures of this plane appears also in: Fw 190D - Focke Wulf Fw 190D Dora - Modeller's Eye 4 (Koichiro Abe é& Co, 2003) p70 to 74.

What is bothering me, besides the WNr. story, is that the pictures (excerpts?) of JaPo's book do not match any picture of the "Modeller's Eye" book.

Here thus the questions:

1. Is my assumption correct that "JaPo" printed a type mismatch? (they are herewith immediately forgiven, as their work is tremendously fabulous)

2. Do other pictures of WNr 210251 exist than the standard serie of pictures published in "Modeller's Eye"?
If yes, - where to find them?
- Do they match the pictures in the "JaPo" book?

Many thanks in advance for all informations!

(Is there still hope for volume 3 of this epos after the sudden disparition of Eric and the problems the authors encountered with their publishers?)