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Heinkel-He-219A-3

290126 in RAF Insignia[1]

Built during the last two years of World War 2, Werk Nr 290126 was assigned to NJG3 as D5+BL. Captured at Gove, Denmark in May 1945,[2] and designated Air Min 20,[3] the aircraft was one of four Heinkel He 219A-2s ferried from Schleswig to Farnborough that month.[2] Flown by Squadron Leader Joe McCarthy RCAF on 1 August,[4] the aircraft was transferred on 21 August, by Eric M. Brown, from Farnborough to Brize Norton,[5] where it was eventually scrapped in 1948.[6]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Asisbiz Images - He 219
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brown, Eric Melrose. Wings of the Luftwaffe. The Crowood Press Ltd - New edition (14 Feb 1998). ISBN 1853104132. Page 144
  3. LEMB Archive
  4. Skaarup, Harold. Canadian MiG Flights. iUniverse, 2008. ISBN 0595520715. Page 123
  5. Brown, Eric Melrose. Page 147
  6. Luftwaffe Warplane Survivors
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