He 219 W.Nr. 190188

[Roger Gaemperle]

Thank you John and Junker.

Is the information from the Heinkel archive based on a wartime document? Or maybe also based on the NVM?

I found several examples of 190xxx He 219s that had the full 6digit W.Nr. on the fuselage near the cockpit and the same style if 3 digit code on the stabilizers (last 3 digit if the serial number). One had only 3 digits on the nose, but their 190xxx number is confirmed by test documents.

The font style if the 3 digits in the tail is quite unique and I therefore assume all of these aircraft came from the same manufacturer and probably block. Later blocks usually had their full 6 digit number in the stabilizers.

I am therefore confident that the aircraft at Eger marked 188 was 190188.

Roger