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Old 16th May 2011, 18:37
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Re: Henschel Hs 123

The Hs 123 was produced by Henschel, Berlin and Ago, Oschersleben.
The total number produced, including protoypes and pre-production series,
were 266 aircraft. There were three prototypes, V-1 W.Nr. 265/D-ILUA, V-2 W.Nr. 266 and V-3 W.Nr. 267/D-IKOU)ordered initially. Later V-4 (W.Nr.670/D-IZXY), V-5 (W.Nr. 796/D-INRA), V-6 (W.Nr. 797/D-IHDI)and V-7 (W.Nr. ??/D-IUPO) were all parts of the Hs 123A-0 series. There were two main production series, the Hs 123A-1 and Hs 123B-1, both versions were produced by both factories. The deliveries were:
May 1936 1 aircraft
August 1936 1 aircraft, September 1936 6, October 1936 9,
November 1936 11, December 1936 26, January 1937 24
February 1937 10, March 1937 63, April 1037 24, May 1937 7,
June 1937 22, July 1937 22, August 1937 15, September 1937 5,
October 1937 4, November 1937 12, December 1937 1,
February 1938 1, May 1938 1, September 1938 1.
The last thre aircraft were probably aircraft held by the factories for various test purposes and not taken over by RLM until after the original series production had seized.
Unfortunately, the record (In the BA/MA RL 3 series) does not give the number produced for each version.
In the RLM Flugzeug Lieferplan Nr. 5 of 1.4.1937, the total number on
order was 115 from Henschel and 140 from Ago. This figure of 255 aircraft reflect only A-1 and B-1 series aircraft. This should indicate that the remaining 11 aircraft was made up by the three real protoypes and eight Hs 123A-0 aircraft. Thus the total figure was 266 including everything.
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