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Captured Fi 156 North Africa in RAF service — Werk Nr 5620 in RAF markings.^{[N 1]}

Werk Nr 5620 was a Fieseler F1 156C-3/Trop

History

Originally assigned to 1./Wüstennotstaffel 1 as NM+ZS,^[2] the Storch was captured in 1942, and commandeered by the Air Officer Commanding, Western Desert, Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, as his personal communications aircraft.

Notes

↑ The photograph was probably taken at Air Headquarters, Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt.^[1]

Sources

[2] The photograph was probably taken at Air Headquarters, Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt.^[1]

[1] Wikimedia

[3] Luftwaffe Experten

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