He 59 loss

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Adam

Very nice He 59 image!! Are you sure the He 115 really do carry digits on its fin? Now we have THREE He 59, 170, 176 and 177 and it really looks like we have a sequence 170 to at least 177 on our hands!

I checked Roba's book again and located on page 48 a He 60 with something that looks like 4xx, ie in the 400 digit range, but that is the only photo I can find showing these elusive digits. Roba's text is very hesitant and is useless to deduce unit etc...

So far everyone publishing a photo of an aircraft with these digits avoid even mentioning they are aware of the numbers. No doubt they haven't a clue what they mean....

Seaplanes
Where are you??? Would be very nice to have your input!! Anyone else?

Cheers
Stig

[Seaplanes]

He 59D (May have been a He 59E) W.Nr. 2584 and He 59E W.Nr. 2596 TY+HD both came from Fl.Waffenschule (See) 1 in Parow when they were taken over by Seenotdienst on 21.07.40. After a short period in List and Norderney respectively, both aircraft served for some time from Boulogne with Seenotflugkdo. 3. The fin-number seen on several photos of various seaplanes, all seems to be an internal number used by Fl.Waffenschule (See) 1 Parow.

[Adam]

Many thanks Seaplanes, very interesting!

[Stig Jarlevik]

Mange Takk Seaplanes

Cheers
Stig