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Re: He 115 W.Nr. 1868
Hi All,
I may be nitpicing, but regarding ´Seaplanes´ saying this date (KM 4.39) ´but that seems a bit early´. Well, in my opinion, it is exact production month for that part, and should only be treated as such. Of course a plane can not be flying unless that part had been made prior to that!
My research into German/Luftwaffe part plates over many years, has shown that it takes apx. a month to three months, for an part to have been made (i.e. stamped and ´accepted´) untill an aircraft made up of that part/component to be flying and delivered. This is the ´lead-in-time´ of production that few researches really take into account. Gathering large amount of such data can prove (or dismiss) exact building history. This together with f.e. factory pilots logbooks, production plans and accepted months totals gives the ´real picture´ regarding production (but spares and stock-up building complicates also the picture).
In ´Seaplanes´ estimate, Spring/Summer 1939, this is then totally in agreement!
Best regards
ed
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