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

[Karoband]

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1596

118. One of the earliest decisions of the Geschwader was to differentiate between the Arados of each Staffel by painting a ring of the staffel colour on the leading edge of the forward engine cowls: white for 7. staffel, red for 8. staffel and yellow for 9. staffel which was also known as theEinsatzstaffel Ar 234 der III./KG 76. Curiously Smith & Creek, (2022), p. 135 caption this photo as:
"The Ar 234 S16 (W.Nr 140116) was one of the first Arados flown by Erprobungskommando 234. The aircraft saw service with 8./KG 76 as F1+BS but crashed on take-off on 12 October 1944 from Rechlin and was 85 percent damaged. The piolot, Lt. Hans-Egon Arndt, was injured." To my eyes, the colour of the staffel rings is the yellow of 9. staffel.


http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1598

119. From September to mid-December 1944, the pilots of the Einsatzstaffel learned to use the new technology and practiced bombing at Flugplatz Burg bei Magdeburg.
"Technicians and fitters crowd around an Ar 234 B2 undergoing maintenance in a hangar at Burg. Note a second Arado at rear and the glazed canopy section on the floor. KG 76 struggled to maintain a high level of serviceability," Creek & Forsyth, p. 66.