Arado Ar 234 B-2/b of Werner Muffey on 22 March 1945?

[Karoband]

Good afternoon,

From the British report, BT 8070, issued 23 0859z/3/45 and found in DEFE 3 520 page 267 (based on CX/MSS/T. 496/118, 119.):

(STRONG INDICATIONS FOX ONE TWO THREE) RECCE ORDERS
NOUGHT TWO HOURS TWENTYSECOND FOR TWENTYSECOND. RECCE
OF ANCHORAGES AREA HARWICH £ Harwich - HUMBER £ HUMBER -
LOWESTOFT £ LOWESTOFT - GREAT YARMOUTH £ GREAT YARMOUTH
TO ESTABLISH OCCUPATION BY LANDING UNITS. SECONDLY, OPS £
OPS REPORT ISSUED ONE FIVE HOURS. OBERLEUTNANT MUFFEY £
MUFFEY FROM NOUGHT NINE FIVE EIGHT TO ONE ONE THREE THREE
HOURS IN AN AIRCRAFT WITH ONE FOX ONE TWO THREE MARKINGS.
TASK OF TWENTYSECOND GREAT YARMOUTH £ GREAT YARMOUTH,
LOWESTOFT £ LOWESTOFT, PR £ PR PARTIAL SUCCESS …


From Nick Beale's article "Kommandos Götz, Sperling, Hecht and 1.(F)/123" in the file "Luftwaffe Reconnaissance" in his Ghostbombers site, it appears that while with Kommando Sperling, Muffey had his own aircraft, Arado Ar 234 B-2/b 140349 T9+KH.

Would Muffey have had his own personal Arado while with 1.(F)/123?

best regards,

Jim

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Karoband

Would Muffey have had his own personal Arado while with 1.(F)/123?

best regards,

Jim

I'd have my doubts about that. As I wrote on my website re the end of March:

While 1.(F)/123 still had 13 (12) pilots on the 27th, it was now down to five aircraft: E, G, H, I and M (the last two of these being unserviceable).

If they had four times as many operational pilots as serviceable aircraft, there was probably some sharing going on.

[Karoband]

Thanks for the fast reply, Nick!

Jim

PS You have me hooked on DEFE 3.