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

[egbert]

Thanx for the continuation of Arado 234 documentation

[Karoband]

Hi egbert,

Next week's pictures will be the last.



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181. In a daily report, dated 14.4.1945, it was noted that with the rapid loss of the "Mitteldeutschland", the production of the Ar 234 C at Dessau had ceased, RL 7-6/23 p. 0211. However, by the end of March 1945, the first production Ar 234 C-3 series aircraft were beginning to be delivered to the Luftwaffe. According to Smith & Creek, Ar 234 Blitz, (Classic, 2022), p. 312, on 27 March, Arado's Günther Eheim flight-tested both W.Nr. 250002 and W.Nr. 250004 at Alt Lonnewitz. Photographic evidence shows that at least five C-3s were turned over to the Luftwaffe.
The documents accompanying the posting of this photograph puts its location as Altenburg and the Soviet officers as "Art-Lieutenant Pusev S.P." and "Captain Andrey Road". Note the "003" on the forward landing gear brace, suggesting that this is W.Nr. 250003.


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182. David E. Brown, etal., Messerschmitt Me 262 Production and Arado Ar 234 Final Operations, (JaPo, 2012), p. 124, captions this photo as:
"Two Ar 234 C-3s abandonded at Prague-Ruzyne airfield in the summer of 1945, when their engines as well as other equipment had been removed. In the foreground W.Nr. 250001 i.e. the first craft manufactured ..., and on the right W.Nr. 250012 ... ." The sharp-eyed people at JaPo spotted the white putty on the upper canopy/fuselage transition of W.Nr. 250012, caused by the ripping off of adhesive tape in flight.


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183. Photographs of their tails leave no doubt as to their identities. Note that W.Nr. 250012 has a much smaller hakenkreuz.


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184. Brown, etal., p.125, identify this picture as:
" The front section of W.Nr. 250012 shortly after the war., still with its engines ... Note the white tape on the canopy/fuselage transition. The tape also helps to identify the aircraft on p. 124 ...". Also note the weathered "1" (or "M"?)by the man's head. The colour of the engine cowls seem to match that of the fuselage.


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185. This very poor photo of a C-series Arado was posted on www.modelforum.cz in March 1945. Note the larger hakenkreuz. It was reputedly found at Aukro, Czechoslovakia. The colour of the remaining engine cowl seems to match that of the fuselage.