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

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Karoband

Hi Stig,
I
cannot remember (Senior moment!) why I thought it was ES.
Jim

No worries Jim
I suppose ehhhh welcome to the Club.....
Cheers
Stig

[Karoband]

Thanks, Stig.

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142. Smith & Creek, Ar 234 Blitz, (Classic, 2022), on p. 212, caption this photo as, "Hptm. Josef Regler's Ar 234 B-2 F1+MT, W.Nr. 140173 after crash landing at Salgerdorf on 22 February 1945 ... ."


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143. In the afternoon of 22 February 1945, fourteen Arados of KG 76 took off to bomb enemy columns in the Aachen area in shallow dives. At 17:35 hours, 1st Lt. David B. Fox in a P-47 of 391 FS/366 FG claimed a "Me 262" that "bellied in" 10 miles north-east of Aachen, but film from his gun-camera showed that it was an Ar 234. Hptm. Regler, Lukesch's replacement as staffelkapitän of 9./KG 76, made an emergency landing just inside German lines near Selgerdorf. Regler was safe, but the first Arado Ar 234 to fall into Allied hands was captured the next day.
"The aircraft was examined briefly and dismantled ready for shipment to the UK, while still under fire from the Germans, who were probably attempting to destroy it. It was found to be only slightly damaged," Creek & Forsyth, p. 125 quoting UKNA/AVIA 6/9212: Ar 234 Jet-Propelled Bomber, Report No. 2324, AI(g), 27 March 1945.


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144. The captured Arado was Ar 234 B-2 W.Nr. 140173 "F1+MT" (yellow "M") of 9./KG 76. This photograph shows how operational units of KG 76 used sprays of off-white, probably available RLM 76, to make their Arados less conspicuous in winter. Note the intact turbines, jettisoned hatch and almost totally smashed forward windscreen.


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In this photo the jettisoned hatch has been replaced but the smashed windscreen and collapse of the forward instrument panel is obvious.


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146. While the first intact Jumo 004Bs were of special interest and are missing in this photograph taken at Farnborough, also of interest would have been the PDS gyroscope, the Patin automatic pilot and BZA bombsight. Moreover, a staffelkapitän's aircraft would also have had the FuS An 730 Freya-Egon navigational device for blind flying that amazed American gunners at Remagen seeing Arados diving out of the clouds, right over the Ludendorf Bridge. Unfortunately, the smashed windscreen may indicate that German troops had removed or destroyed those prizes.
Note the damage to the the starboard wing that was not there when captured.