Me 410 B-2/U4 WNr 710408

[George Hopp]

Steve Polyak also asked about the same aircraft on the LEMB site. No info on 710 408 was gleaned because it seems to fall outside the accepted range of Me 410 W.Nrs. The highest number below 710 408 ending at 710 406.

Possibly the thought that W.Nr. 710 406 was the highest number in the series of B-2/U4s was caused by the following: on 17 July 1944, Dornier sent out a message giving the numbers of ca. 50 B-2/U4s from 710 309 to 710 406 and stating that while it had harmonized the cannon of these aircraft to 900 or 1000 meters, they should now be harmonized to 800 meters. But, as more than 100 B-2/U4s were built or modified by Dornier, and the company was still churning them out in August, there was obviously at least one more Dornier production series that has not yet been unearthed. And it sounds like 710 408 is in that missing series.

Would it be possible for you to scan that data plate so we can see the actual W.Nr. and perhaps other info on this aircraft? It would really be appreciated.

All the best,
George