Bf109 Neubau 1/44 to 3/45 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Ruy Horta · #1 15th September 2005, 19:17

First Artie, I really hope all is well with you and your loved ones.

As for the file.

Easiest way would be for you to delete the original attachement and post the corrected file.

If my help is needed, just holler.

ArtieBob · #2 15th September 2005, 23:36

Third try,

This copy of the attachment has all the typo errors corrected that I could find, the first has already been mentioned the data did not line up with the correct heading for the G 14 AS Mttr., etc. I also found one missing piece of data for Erla G-6s in Jul 44. Hopefully, this will be all the corrections. Not to excuse my typos, but this was extracted from 70 pages of data with about 20,000 fields. It all begins to run together after a while.

Best regards,

Artie Bob

veltro · #3 16th September 2005, 01:04

Now it makes a lot more sense to me! Thanks Artie for taking the time to post the corrected version and let me wish all the best to you, in case your hospital stay isn't connected with your job...

ballenato · #4 16th September 2005, 23:15

Thankx for the effort Arti.
But, regarding K4 - 570000 – 571000 batch, from memory, somewhere i saw these come from Erla factory, im right?. Or those numbers come from K2/3 non builded.

Ballenato

ArtieBob · #5 17th September 2005, 02:22

First, please note the caveats included in my reply on 12 Sept .”The bold numbers represent data that was not specific as to location. In some cases this seems pretty clear as no plant other than WNF built G 8 /R5s. Others are possibly split between more than one location. The overall subtype totals should not change.” “….. the split by plant could be off for Dec 44 , Feb and Mar 45. I had to make a choice of how to present the data, this was my compromise.” In particular, the K-4 production split for Feb and Mar could be off. However, please note the following comments. The first mention of Erla K-4 production block 570000 to 5701000 that I am aware of is Prien and Rodeike’s book. They indicate they were only able to confirm one specific W.Nr., 570362, in that block with BAL acceptance on Feb 16,1945. Because of the “staggered” sequencing of RLM W.Nrs. late in the war, this could be the first K-4 accepted in that block (or not). More documentation is needed, knowing the Stammkennzeichen is helpful, as these generally follow in sequence.

If anyone can confirm any additional W.Nr.s in the 570xxx block, I would be interested.

Best regards,

Artie Bob

Dmitry Volodin · #6 17th September 2005, 19:08

Artie,
as I discovered the month totals don't correspond with numbers in table for july 44 through feb 45. Is it mistake?

BR
Dmitry

ArtieBob · #7 18th September 2005, 04:32

I will never again post a spreadsheet done in Excel converted to Word. As you are probably aware in excel the totals change automatically with updating of numeric data. When I could not get the Excel table to upload, I converted it to Word and there is where most of my problems started. After correcting the misalignment problem , I manually corrected (I hope) all the subtype totals, but forgot to correct the monthly totals. I did have a crossfoot check field and this actually read OK, so no bells rang. right now, I am not inclined to post a third version of the table, unless there are any futher errors in data. Thanks for pointing out the problem.

Best regards,

Artie Bob