APPENDIX 6: Aircraft inspected at Bonn-Hangelar on 22 March 1945

Ju 88 G-1

714429

Ju 87 D-3

141546

Fw 190 G-3/R8

160377

Fw 190 F-3

670480

Ju 88 S-1

620029

[as given but Werk Nummer suggests a Ju 88 G]

Ju 87 D-3

—

Fw 190

933474

Bf 109

—

Bf 109

202113

Bf 109 G-6 WNr. 202113 of 2./NAG 13: 40% damage in crash landing following engine trouble, 13 February 1945 [from photo: “7” with a white outline].

Bf 109 G-14

463118

Bf 109 G-14 WNr. 463118 was an aircraft of EJG 1, allocated from Bonn-Hangelar on 18 January 1945. The Chief Quartermaster of Luftflotte Reich was to be notified when it was taken over. [from photo: possibly the Bf 109 coded “8” with thin black outline and toned-down Balken- and Hakenkreuz lying next to WNr. 202113].

Possible alternative identification: WNr. 461118 of III./NJG 11, crashed at Bonn-Hangelar on 19 February 1945.

Bf 109 G-10

150840

Bf 109 G-10 WNr. 150840 of III./NJG 11: 15% damaged in landing accident attributed to pilot error at Bonn-Hangelar on 9 February 1945 (non-operational flight). [from photo: possibly the Bf 109 coded “white 2” and lying next to “8”].

Ju 87 D-5

Ju 87 D-5 WNr. 131372 of 3./NSG 1: 30% damaged by night fighter fire on 24 February 1945. [from photo: +KD, “K” in yellow].

Fw 190 A-8/R2

Fw 190 A-8

Tentative identification: Fw 190 F-8 WNr. 5882 (sic) of 3./NSG 20: emergency landing at Bonn-Hangelar, following engine trouble, 1 March 1945.

Fw 190 A-4/U8

932889

[as given but Werk Nummer suggests an Fw 190 F-8].

Ju 88 G-1

714896

Bf 109

5122

Ju 88

0144462

Fw 190 G-3

160634

Tentative identification: Fw 190 G-3 WNr. 110634 (sic), 90% damaged in landing at Bonn-Hangelar on 2 March 1945 (non-operational flight).

Notes

This appendix is based on the following sources:

Air Ministry Air Intelligence 2(g) Report No. 269 (National Archives, Kew, London).

Ultra report CX/MSS/R 436 (A), paragraph 71 (National Archives, Kew, London).

United States Strategic Air Force in Europe, Office of the Director of Intelligence, Technical Intelligence Report No. A-300 (via Dr. Christian Möller).

Luftwaffe General Quartiermeister 6. Abteilung loss reports for 1945 (Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London).

Photograph on page 86 of "Schlachtflieger", cropped to emphasise the Ju 87. An uncropped version appeared in "Close-Up No. 7: Gustav, Messerschmitt 109 G Part 2" (Monogram Aviation Publications, Boylston, Mass. 1977) at the foot of page 4. Now also online at Fold3.com.