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Re: Fw 190 Production at Mimetall
It is a little more complex than was set out above.
Taking the available evidence a better picture for Fw 190 D production sources develops as this: prefix-21 = all FoWu WNr. 210001 to 210300 = 300 from Sorau WNr. 210901 to 211150 = 250 from Marienburg WNr. 211901 to 211940 = 40 from Sorau WNr. 212120 to 212159 = 40 from Sorau plus WNr. 213001 to 213010 = 10 tentatively (Only WNr. 213001 to 213009 delivered = 7) Assembly completed elsewhere possibly at Köthen since Sorau would be overrun by the Soviets mid-Feb-45. prefix-50 = all Mimetall (MME) WNr. 500026 - 500125 = 100 WNr. 500376 - 500435 = 60 WNr. 500546 - 500620 = 75 WNr. 500636 - 500670 = 35 WNr. 500686 - 500702 = 17 (tentatively) prefix-40 = Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland (a multi-site umbrella organization directing the redeployment of resources previously used for bomber production) For the D-9 split into three distinct parts, and for this programme all parts were associated with Weser: WNr. 400201 to 400275 = 75 from Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland, but apparently the Fertigungskennzeichen appearing on these aircraft data plates was MDL indicating Weserflug, Nordenham. WNr. 400601 to 400623 = 23 from the short-lived Con.Aslau (Mitteilung WFG: Endmontage Aslau). Aslau was overrun by the Red Army late-Jany-45. WNr. 401351 to 401392 = 42 from WFG Lemwerder prefix-60 = Fieseler at Kassel-Waldau I set this exercise aside before finishing the GFW blocks but will get back to the topic one day. There are no major issues with this source: a total of 398 D-9s were delivered excluding the twenty examples destroyed at Kassell-Waldau on 2/3-Apr-45 shortly before the plants were captured by US ground forces on 04-Apr-45. The planning for the D-9 in LP 227/1 of 15-Dec-44 defined just these three sources: FW GFW WFG (The WFG component grouped together the various Arb.Gem Roland elements.) MME/Mimetall was thus an addition to the D-9 programme, likely made to compensate for the production that would be lost if/once the Soviets seized the D-9 plants in eastern Poland, East Prussia and Silesia. |
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