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Old 18th February 2018, 17:16
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Re: Ar 234 W.Nr. 140608 at Grove: T1+GL or T9+GL?

Good morning David,

I am sorry for having been obtuse but I had assumed from Jorn's first post that there had been a prior discussion of this topic which I could not find. The search of "140608" resulted in the thread number 13048 in which he ascribes "Ar234 B-2 WNr. 140608 (Air Min 25) T1+GL" as belonging to "Stab FAGr. 1". His sources are "Flugbuch Bauer, Hattan and Korn. Pictures (Tillisch) in my collection. War Prizes by Philip Butler. NA Air 24/1518."

My problem is the "T1". As far as I know, the only unit to use the "T1" code was Aufkl. Gr. 10, and deZeng and Stankey state that Korn was previously in 3.(F)/10. However, 3.(F)/10 using Ju 88D/A-4s in June 1943 was redesignated 1./FAGr. 5 using Ju 290s and Ju 88s and the code "9V'. In February 1945, 1./FAGr. 5 at Quakenbruck became 1./FAGr 1 using Ju88s. At the same time an Einsatzkommando 1./FAGr. 5 continued to exist using Arado Ar 234s and the code "9V". In early May Einsatzkommando 1./FAGr. 5 in Norway became Einsatzkommando 1./FAGr. 1 but too late for the codes of Ar 234 9V+BH and At 234 9V+CH to be changed before the surrender.

http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic.php?p=105599

According to this site, Manfred Griehl in Luftwaffe '45: Letzte Fluge und Projekte (2008) states "#3 (WNr 140608) wurde Mitte April an die 3.(F)/ Aufklarungsgruppe 100 ab gegeben und fiel spatter den Englandern als T9+GL in die Hande."

So, I am curious as to what the photographic evidence says.

Jim
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