http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1499
29. In this cropping of the third picture of Forus, Norway, showing a gap of two missing aircraft after 140581, "9V+BH" can be seen in the distance with its prominent RLM 21 white letter "B" and, if you look closely, the same wide RLM 21 white cowl rings as the missing aircraft. Smith & Creek in their
Arado Ar 234 Blitz, (Classic, 2022), p. 278 identify "9V+BH" as 140491 in their caption of this picture, although I have seen no documentary proof to support this.
As far as I know, there are no pictures of Arados, either bombers or recces, with wide white cowl rings, that were flown either to England or France. Yet three recces with green splinter cowls are known to have flown from Norway to England. They are 140141, 140493 and 140 581 which
after arriving at Farnborough were randomly given Air Ministry numbers 227 to 229. This suggests to me that there were
five recce and six bomber Arados at Stavanger and due to sabotage on 7 May, one was not repairable when the other ten were categorized for readiness on 6 June, including 140491 that was "Category D". It is possible that "9V+CH" was the one that was sabotaged, not categorized, and also scrapped in Norway.