Fw 200 D-AB??

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

Does anybody know where the following photo of a Fw 200 was taken? It appears to carry the civil registration D-ABB? or D-ABP?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...54a07c85d4.jpg

Thanks!

Roger

[sidney]

Perhaps it is D-AABR as discussed on the TOCH here http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=23458 , and the LEMB link led to Pocking airfield.

[ChrisMAg2]

The color photo appears to be showing a Fw200C of DLH (unarmed and except of the camoflage seems to have no military alterations), civil registry is most probabely D-AABR. Not much else is known of this particular a/c.

[Harold Lake]

I can confirm this Lufthansa Condor was D-AABR, W.Nr. 0020, "Rheinland." It was reportedly a Fw 200 D-2 based on the military Fw 200 C-2 series.

Hal

[Tom Willis]

Hi - Thanks for this

Originally D-ACWG - NA+WN. Hence new civil reg of D-AABR

Regards

[RolandF]

That´s not correct. The civil registration could be changed very rarely - D-ACON was one of them. This Fw 200 only shares the name "Rheinland" with its predecessor at Deutsche Lufthansa.
This Fw 200 is part of a certain number of military machines re-built by DLH Berlin as passenger transports towards the end of the war. WNr is not known afaik; Picture was taken at Pocking a/f

[Tony Jones]

Hi

0020 was F8+GL and fate below. I have a note that D-AABR had name "Buchsatbbendreher" painted on when found

D-ACWG- 0020 2/41 re-coded F8+GL when operated by 3./KG 40, Destroyed in RAF bombing raid 13/4/41 at Bordeaux-Merignac

[sidney]

Perhaps Buchstabendreher - scrambled letters (whatever that might have meant) - this is perhaps the inscription barely visible on the fuselage, over the port side wing.

Photos sorce: eBay via LEMB

[RolandF]

"Buchstabendreher" was referring to a listing in this forum as D-ABBR by myself.

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=23458

I also remember Pocking stood in some kind of relationship to Ainring (airfield to serve Obersalzberg) when planes coming from there were parked and maintained.

Regards
RolandF

[Merlin]

The Ott & Wachtel book "Im Zeichen des Kranichs" is listing this aircraft as Fw200C-4 WNr. 0112 D-AAPB "Rheinland", delivered to Lufthansa in January 1945.

Obviously the registration below the wing is D-AABR.