He-219 ”Uhu”s found at the end of the war

[he219research]

Dear Roger Gaemperle;
This is contradictory to most other sources (and thereby very interesting!) - do you perhaps have a source for 310215 being AM44?

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hi He219Research, my statement is based on two original, unpublished photos from my collection that I will publish in Captured Eagles Volume II.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Roger Gaemperle

Hi He219Research, my statement is based on two original, unpublished photos from my collection that I will publish in Captured Eagles Volume II.

That would basically mean that the situation was reversed, ie
AM43 was 310106
AM44 was 310215

Cheers
Stig

[Steve Coates]

2nd TAF Report B-156 for Lübeck-Blankensee also records two 'destroyed' He 219s as being found there. No W.Nr details or other clues given unfortunately.

[he219research]

Originally Posted by Roger Gaemperle

Hi He219Research, my statement is based on two original, unpublished photos from my collection that I will publish in Captured Eagles Volume II.

Dear Roger - is this something you could elaborate on here? Or is there a planned publication date for the second volume of your excellent Captured Eagles series of books?

[Revi16]

WNr. 290123


Found here, https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/for...er-s-visor-cap

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello all,

The first three captured He219's which went to the UK were all found at Grove/Denmark:
AM-20 (Werkenummer 290126, D5+BL)
AM-21 (werkenummer 310109, no Verbandskennzeichen)
AM-22 (Werkenummer 310189, D5+CL)

Later on, another two He219's were brought to the UK from Westerland/Sylt/Germany:
AM-43 was 310215 according to Phil Butler, author of 'Warprizes. The photo in Vol.4 of '2nd Tactical Air Force' of Chris Shores and C.Thomas, page 728 shows this He219 and it has no Naxos of FuG 218 antennas, whereas the He219 at RAF Tangmere has FuG 218 and Naxos.
AM-44 therefore must have been He219 with Werkenummer 310106.

Love to see the evidence that AM-43 was 310106 and AM-44 310215 instead, because it contradicts my conclusions drawn so far

best regards, Marcel

[richdlc]

I would also like to see the evidence! ;-)

Also being released soon is a brand new updated edition of 'War Prizes' which may have new info? Who knows...

[clapos]

Hey everyone,

as you guys were so eagerly debating the whereabouts of the He 219s at the end of war I thought that you might be able to help me with my question. This summer I have been able to acquire a small chunk of a (badly corroded) He 219 elevator, which was dug up at Ludwigslust airfield about 2 years ago. It shows some signs of shrapnell damage, so I guess it belonged to one of the machines damaged during the raid on Ludwigslust.
Accordingly, I did some research hoping to find photographs of Ludwigslust airfield after liberation but really couldn't find any. Are there really no known photos? I know that Ludwigslust was quickly handed over to the Soviets, but I always had the impression that the US soldiers were avid photographers, thus I hoped to find atleast something.

Cheers
Claas

[he219research]

Dear Claas,
that sounds like an interesting find indeed!
Do you know if there were any other He 219 parts recovered at Ludwigslust AF at the same time this piece of the elevator was found?