In article , Emmanuel Gustin
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"Dave Eadsforth" wrote in message
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Re. the Ar 234A, I believe that this machine made a number of attacks on
the UK, but I do not know when. Do you happen to have any rough dates?

I believe the Ar 234 only made reconnaissance flights, not
bombing attacks, on Britain. Most flights were over the
Normandy beaches, and later in support of the Ardennes
offensive, and also over Northern Italy. Apparently the
last Luftwaffe reconnaissance flight over England was made
by a Ar 234 based in Stavanger, Norway, on 10 August 1945.
No doubt there were earlier ones as well, but I have no data.

Also, do you happen to know if the Ar 234 (of any mark)
was ever used as a recce machine over the UK prior to D-Day?

No, the first operational missions were in August 1944, when
the V-5 and V-7 prototypes were sent to Juvincourt near
Reims; pilots Sommer and Goetz made 14 flights over the
beaches of Normandy. This, incidentally, was said to have
gathered more data than the whole reconnaissance effort of
the Luftwaffe in the previous two months.


Thanks for those refs - look what they achieved once they got going!

Cheers,

Dave

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Dave Eadsforth