mystery D-9

[Keizer Cali]

Hi John,

I noticed this as well - if II./JG 6 / Lfl. 6, etc. reported the W.Nr. correctly, it means that, as a minimum, W.Nr. 212152 was assessed as "repairable" and evacuated for refurbishment, as otherwise it would never have ended up at Neubiberg A/F. The fact that JG 6's area of operations in spring 1945 encompassed the region of Sorau and Cottbus (where Focke-Wulf had major aircraft works) may certainly have sped up the repair process.

On the supposition that the aircraft was effectively refurbished, it may then have found its way to another Geschwader that ended the war in Southern Germany - e.g., JG 2 are known to have had a number of D-9s from the W.Nr. 212xxx production batch on strength.

I will certainly continue to look into this case and will refer back to this forum when I can turn up something substantial.

Cheers,

Marc