Arado Ar 234B-2/N Nachtigall question

[JRWolf]

I received the Revell Germany 1/48 Ar 234B-2/N Nachtigall kit recently.

It is the same Hasegawa kit; but instead of only one, Revell now offers four versions, as indicated below:

WNr. 140608, T9+GL;
WNr. 140150, SM+FJ;
WNr. 140146, F1+CS;
WNr. 140145, SM+FE.

I noticed that each version has several different painting details among them; which, unless the people at Revell Germany have a very fertile imagination, suggests that there is photographic evidence for each version. However, I never saw any picture of these machines.

Here are my questions:
- Does anyone have a picture or a clue for any of these aircraft? I am looking for them to build my model as a real machine; not Luft’ 46.
- All serial numbers are from real machines; but did they really exist as shown in the instructions sheet, or were their markings and camouflage schemes just estimated?

Thanks in advance
JRWolf, from Brazil

[tahiti]

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Regards

http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/fo...showtopic=4873

[Peter D Evans]

...and to add, the following is reproduced from Appendix 2 - Werk Nummern of "Arado Ar234 Blitz" by Smith & Creek [Monogram, 1992]:

• WNr.140608 - To Kdo.Bonow as T9+GL, not modified as a night-fighter, flown by Oblt.Josef Putzkuhl, transferred from Larz to Lubeck on April 19th 1945. Captured by the RAF at Grove, arrived at RAE on June 6th 1945. Air Ministry No.25, RAF Serial VK880, scrapped eventually.
• WNr.140150 - not listed
• WNr.140146 - SM+FF, from Sept 24th 1944, at Rechlin, tested the Lofte bomb-sight and general navigation tests. Delivered to KG 76 in Oct 1944 as F1+CS, later rebuilt as the 2nd Ar234B-2 Nachtigall night-fighter and flown by Oblt.Bonow and Oblt.Marchetti.
• WNr.140145 - SM+FE, Ar234B-2 Nachtigall night-fighter, to Kdo Bonow, destroyed on Feb 13th 1945 at Oranienburg killing the pilot Hptm Bisping & the radio operator Hptm.Vogl

With regards camouflage... I'll leave that to the experts

Cheers

Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

[ianatheling]

I have a record of Oblt. Kurt Welter of Me262 fame testing Ar234 140150 as a night-fighter. He was not very complementary. Like 140608 it is unclear to what degree (if any) the aircraft was actually converted to Ar 234B-2/N standard.