Re: Some enlarged and "tweaked" known photos of Ar 234s

[Karoband]

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35. The fifth recce Arado Ar 234 captured in Norway is "somewhat of a mystery". This poor photo shows a recce Arado "TH" (black "T") with fairings but no racks. On page 219 of their 1992 Monogram edition of Arado 234 Blitz, Smith & Creek give this caption:
"Taken at Stavanger Sola in Norway, this photo shows an unusually camouflaged Ar 234 with the code ??+TH which may have belonged to 1.(F)/33."
As far as I know, neither 1.(F)/33 nor 1./FAGr 1 reported an Arado "TH". However, according to Jan Horn, Die Augen des OKW, Teil 2, (2023), Oblt. Otto Merk transferred a newly delivered 4U+TH, "probably 140495", from Lübeck-Blankensee to Hohn, 11:59 - 12:22 hrs on 2 May 1945, (p.79). But this same "TH" was blown up at 08:00 hrs on 5 May at Leck, (p.82). There is even a photograph of a burning Arado on p.83 labelled:
"Das Ende der Ar 234 B-2b (4U+TH; Werk-Nr. vermutlich 140495) auf dem Flugplatz in Leck."
Moreover, in all the pictures of "TH" at Stavanger, there is no small RLM 21 white "T" on the nose, and the size and placing of the black "TH" on the rear fuselage match those of Arados "8H+EH" and "8H+HH" that were photographed at Grove-Karup, Denmark.