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13. On 5 May 1945,
Ltn. Reinhard Radermacher, T.O. of III./KG 76, probably pulled rank and flew Arado Ar 234 B-2 bomber W.Nr. 140311 (likely
Fw. Karl-Heinz Herzog's personal "F1+HS") from Leck, Germany to Stavanger-Sola, Norway. On 2 July at Stavanger, with British roundels but no fin flashes and now marked "USA 40", Messerschmitt test pilot, Karl Baur flew a
werkflug, 20:10 to 20:26 hours. On 3 July, after another test at 14:02 - 14:14 hrs., Baur (with Col. Harold E. Watson in W.Nr. 140312 "USA 50") flew "USA 40" 14:52-16:05 hrs. from Stavanger to Schleswig-Jägel, Germany; 18:25-19:44 hrs. to Beauvechain-Le Culot, Belgium; and 21:10-21:45 to Melun-Villaroche, France, the base of
Watson's Whizzers. Here, American insignia were added but the original camouflage was untouched. On 5 July, Baur transferred "USA 40" to Cherbourg-Querqueville 17:45-18:23 hrs., where it was cocooned in Plastiphane and loaded aboard HMS Reaper as article number "28".
After Reaper landed at Newark, New Jersey, on 1 August 1945, both "USA 40" and "USA 50" were de cocooned and assigned to the USAAF. On 11 August, Baur flew "USA 40", 14:00 - 14:45 from Pittsburg to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Unfortunately there are no photos I know of it being in Norway. This picture was taken at the Air Fair at Wright Field in October 1945
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