Fw 190 Production at Mimetall

[Leo Etgen]

Hi guys

Lynn Ritger posted an interesting document at the Plane Talking forum of Hyperscale regarding the production or rather non production of Fw 190 D-9 fighters at Mimetall in 1944. Most recent sources state that the 500 series of these aircraft were produced by Mimetall but this would appear to show otherwise and that this series was actually produced by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland. Some sources seem to indicate that this concern was another name for Weser Flugzeug Gesellschaft which produced the 400 series of Dora-9 fighters but the document seems to indicate this was not the case and that each was a separate entity. Incidentally, my opinion is that additionally Weser was the manufacturer of the 350 series and Mimetall (now Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland) the manufacturer of the 380 series of Fw 190 A-8 fighters. Are there any educated opinions on this possibly new information?

Horrido!

Leo

[ArtieBob]

The C-Amt Monatsmeldung lists monthly production by 8-number sub-type and production location abbreviations. In the copy I hold, December is missing but Oct 44, Nov 44 and Jan 45 list the following for D-9s.
Oct FW 70 GFW 1 Arb Gem 18
Nov FW 142 GFW 40 Arb Gem 55
Jan FW 96 GFW 34 Con. Aslau 10 ?FG 14 ?arg 64
Jan Fw 190 D9 R11 76


The copies I have are pretty fuzzy, so some of the locations are hard to decipher. What can be ascertained from this is through Nov 44, there were only 3 production locations for D-9s. By Jan 45, 3 additional locations had been added and it appears Arb. Gem no longer produced D-9s. Fw also is listed for 20 Ta 152 H-0s in Jan 45. I do not hold any Monatsmeldung after January.


ArtieBob

[Leo Etgen]

Hi ArtieBob

Many thanks for that interesting information which matches the information in the document that Ritger posted on Hyperscale. Three manufacturers (Focke Wulf, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland and Gerhard Fieseler Werke) are listed from October through December yet it is known that four series of Werknummern were already present by Bodenplatte as there are losses for each:

Fw 190 D-9 "Blue 10" (W.Nr. 210 955) of I./JG 26
Fw 190 D-9 "Black 2" (W.Nr. 400 207) of II./JG 26
Fw 190 D-9 "Yellow 10" (W.Nr. 500 394) of I./JG 2
Fw 190 D-9 "White 2" (W.Nr. 600 361) of III./JG 2

The manufacturer that is not listed is Weser and it is noticeable that the 400 series are the least common of the Bodenplatte losses. Regarding the Monatsmeldung of January could the latter two entries be WFG (Weser Flugzeug Gesellschaft) and Arb Gem (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland)?

Horrido!

Leo

[Stig Jarlevik]

Our friend Geoffrey Sinclair wishes to post the following:

Fw190D production lines active,
Sep-44, FW
Oct-44, ArbG, FW, GFW
Nov-44, ArbG, FW, GFW
Dec-44, FW, GFW, MME, WFG
Jan-45, Con. Aslau, FW, GFW, MME, WFG

Cheers
Stig

[Leo Etgen]

Hi Stig

Many thanks to you and Geoffrey for that information which I feel is the same as that posted by ArtieBob with the notable exception that one identifies Arb Gem and the other MME. Could it be that the aircraft produced at Aslau were included in the 210 series as they were built by Focke Wulf?

Horrido!

Leo