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7. Curiously, in the revised 2020 Classic edition of Smith & Creek's
Arado Ar 234 Blitz, on page 307 they again identify W.Nr. 140113 as "F1+AA". This photo shows that it was not.
Originally tested at Rechlin-Lärz as "E5+20", Horn on the same page 219 also publishes the
Starkemeldung der 7./KG 76 for 27 March 1945, including:
"
6. einsatzbereite Flugzeuge: 3; Zugang Werk-Nr. 140113 von Fa. Bachmann".
Firma Bachmann was a repair facility for Arado located at Ribnitz, near Rostok, on the Baltic Sea. How W.Nr. 140113 got from Ribnitz to Schleswig is not known to me.
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8. At Schleswig, W.Nr. 140113 received the Air Ministry number 54 and on 5 June 1945,
Oblt. Kolm flew it from Schleswig to RAF Tangmere via Melsbroek, Belgium. The Schleswig Arado is easily recognizable by the over-sized roundels and long rectangular RAF fin flashes also painted on the Me 262s captured there.
W.Nr. 140113 was examined by the Central Fighter Establishment at Tangmere until it was flown to RAE Farnborough on 12 June. There it was declared flight worthy and given the RAF serial VH530. After flight testing, Lt Cdr. (RN) Eric "Winkel" Brown on 7 September 1945 flew it to No. 6 OTU at Brize Norton for storage. It was scrapped there and stuck off charge on 6 October 1948.