New Bf109K-4 pictures

[Charles Bavarois]

Hello Fliegerhorst,

Flugkaptän Anton Riediger indeed was a BAL-Abnahmeflieger first at Fieseler Kassel and later at Flugzeugwerke Mannheim (Flumann).

His flight-log has 31 acceptance-flights at Wertheim starting 13.06.1944 and ending 09.03.1945 with large gaps within. Most were repaired airframes, but the last one was a Bf 109 K-4, WNr. 333.972.

All Werknummern for Wertheim are within the known Werknummern-batches for Bf 109s. There is no a/c with a 195.xxx, 95.xxx or xxx.182 Werknummer reported.

HTH

Carl

[Fliegerhorst]

I would like to collect all the infos concerning Wertheim, since all infos get lost somewhen,

Here in Wertheim there is a collector, I will call him.

By the way, the Luftwaffe parade drum of Kommandantur Wertheim was lately sold in the internet

[Fliegerhorst]

this confirms the Flumann connection to Kreuzwertheim, Bavaria.
As I posted before there was the so called Flumann Halle, used by company Kümmerling after WW2. It was removed for a kinder garden.

Flumann had cooperation with company Stuhl Hofmann (furniture company, chairs), just beside the Flumann Halle, Hofmann also producing for Flumann.

Flumann, Erla, makes sense

By the way, see www.schlempertshof.de, Wertheim´s forgotten junior airport, direction Hardheim and also Neckarelz. "Dornberg airfield".

with own railway from Walldürn.

[Rasmussen]

Originally Posted by Fliegerhorst

Flumann, Erla, makes sense

Why and which?

[Fliegerhorst]

sorry for mentionning hints that were known before.

see the following report of a priest:

http://spengler.li/otto/bericht_dekan_rothermel.htm

this is the best description of what had happened in the last days

somehow the region was regarded as secure.
even train repair from Saarbrücken was removed into our area.

Riediger (we could contact his family) was Flumann employee.
Flumann produced parts for Messerschmitts in Wertheim and or Kreuzwertheim.

The Erla hint, Riediger shall have flown/tested in Wertheim a Messerschmitt with typical Erla parts.

[Rasmussen]

Originally Posted by Fliegerhorst

The Erla hint, Riediger shall have flown/tested in Wertheim a Messerschmitt with typical Erla parts.

This isn't surprising because Erla produced parts for other Messerschmitt factories and to fly an a/c from another producers wasn't unsual, Erla did it in Leipzig too ...