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9. At dawn on May 5, 1945,
Oblt. Herbert kolm,
staka of 8./KG 76, in an Arado Ar 234 B-2 bomber, possibly W.Nr. 140356 "F1+DS" (red D), led nine other jet bombers on a transfer flight from Leck, Germany to Stavanger-Sola in Norway. Four did not make it. As we saw,
Uffz. Johann Eckerlein had to turn back and land at Flensburg.
Uffz. Harry Thimm, also of 9.
Staffel, returned to Leck.
Ltn. Hermann-Günter Neumann was shot down, likely in W.Nr. 140324 "F1+BS" (red B) of 8./KG 76. As well, it was likely
Ltn. Günter Schnabel,
staka. of 7.
Staffel, who bailed out over the North Sea. This Arado, probably flown by Kolm, is "red D", pictured later at Farnborough. It was one of three bombers flown to Stavanger that had had winter camouflage applied. Like all the KG 76 bombers, there are no rack fairings under the nacelles.
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10. In this photo, it can be seen that a crude winter camo has been added by hand but that the replacement starboard nacelle lacks this camo. Also on the upper bracket of the nose wheel strut, a red "D" can just be made out. Another red "D" blends in with the dark camouflage just below the rearmost plexiglass panel.
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11. Lt. Cdr. (RN) Eric "Winkel" Brown is seen entering red "D". Note the extendable foot hold and almost white toehold on the port side of the Arado. Brown transferred this aircraft from Stavanger, via Grove-Karup, Denmark, to Schleswig-Jägel in Germany on 24 September 1945; from Schleswig to Melsbroek, Belgium on 6 October; and from Melsbroek to RAE Farnbourough on 7 October. It was given Air Ministry number 226.
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12. This poor-resolution photo shows the port dide of red"D" at Farnborough. with its "Prototype" British marking. It was flown in the Farnborough display of German Aircraft on 2 November 1945 and flight-tested that autumn. It was probably later transferred to No. 6 Maintenance Unit at Brize-Norton for storage and scrapped there.