Info needed on Viterbo Airport in 1944

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by gogh

Hello Nick

I have RW+DC as WNr.162054

and RW+HC as WNr.162158

Are these Errors ?

Kind Regards

Peter van Gogh

What was your source for 162054? Meanwhile here's an extract from the report on Viterbo with 162158 as RW+DC.

[RolandF]

I think, Peter van Gogh´s source and mine are identical.
Peter Schmoll´s WNr list in his book "Die Messerschmittwerke im 2.Weltkrieg"

But what do we read?

About a Bf 109 fuselage with two sets of markings obviously painted one over another.
This means, the 2nd and the 3rd letter of the StKz (depends which side) might have been overpainted by the tactical number "3" or a white tailband which I presume as almost certain.
The letter "W" might have been recognizable, but "C" or "H" might have been mistaken. And it was certainly not that important.
And nobody knows which code exactly was written on the crumpled, oil-stained and hand-written list of the GI examining those wrecks

Regards

Roland

[S Sheflin]

Hi Nick et al,

Just a question for clarification. If the Werknummer of the Fw190A-5 in your list is actually 190066, would that not make it an Fw190G-8 (VF+VO)?

Steve Sheflin

[gogh]

Hi Nick

The data on the Bf109 was supplied by Tomislav H. for the LEMB base and it was presented as a stkz block.