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Description
| Manufacturer: | Arado |
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| Base model: | Ar 234 | ||
| Designation: | AR.234 | ||
| Nickname: | Blitz (Lightning) | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber (Germany) | ||
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Reid Mueller Fairfax, VA | Anyone have any information on the Arado 234 plane(s) that went to Patuxent(sp?) MD for analysis. I heard diffirent stories one had them going to Aberdeen MD the other to PAX. I heard that they bulldozed them after they were done evaluating them. Anyone care to comment. In another post on the site they said one was observable at low tide at PAX. Can the person who made the post elaborate and possibly provide more details. I doubt there is much left after 60 years in salt water. 08/30/2007 @ 17:40 [ref: 17793] |
| Timothy Fox Wantirna South, CO | Lt David Fox is my uncle, as is Edward Fox who corrected the name of the pilot credited with first shooting down an Arado 234 in Febrauary 1945.
For further information, please see this following article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal: http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/germantown/article/0,1426,MCA_1936_5556476,00.html I hope this helps to clarify some of the details contained on your web page. Sincerely, Timothy Fox 05/27/2007 @ 10:58 [ref: 16624] |
| T Rich Memphis, TN | Sorry, his name was actually David Fox, not Dennis as I stated in my earlier post. 05/27/2007 @ 05:44 [ref: 16621] |
| T Rich Memphis, TN | I agree with Mr. Fox (any relation to Dennis Fox?): the first one shot down was indeed by Dennis Fox near Segelsdorf in Feb. '45. Mr. Fox is a former Memphian who now lives in Nashville. A recent local newspaper article indicated that he had seen pictures of the plane he shot down but never had seen it in real life after it was shipped back to the States. Does anybody know the whereabouts of that particular plane? The article indicated that he would like to see it. I would love to be able to provide some direction to this unsung hero. Feel free to email me (trichmond3256@bellsouth.net) 05/26/2007 @ 06:42 [ref: 16608] |
| Edward Fox , AR | You're all wrong. The first Arado 234 Lightning was shot down on Feb. 4th by 1st Lt David Fox, flying a P- You'll find the account in the book, "American Raiders". 03/21/2007 @ 17:42 [ref: 15996] |
| Ken Horne , HI | Who flew an Arado 234 to Ireland on the last day of the war in Europe? And what happened to the aircraft after that? 05/25/2006 @ 19:00 [ref: 13386] |
| Gil Berkeley, CA | Actually, the last Arado 234, currently on display at the Stephen Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport, was flown by my good friend, Willi Kriessmann. But he was not the last to fly it. He flew it to Flensburg at the end of the war and surrendered to the British. That aircraft and others were flown to Norway under British control. An enterprising American Major Watson, together with another American pilot and a German pilot, flew to Norway and talked the British out of three of these aircraft, which they then flew to Denmark for refueling, and then onto either Holland or France. One went to the US Navy and was tested at Pautuxet, then pushed into the bay where one can still see parts of it at low tide, and the other after being tested by the Army, ended up at the Paul Garber Restoration facility before finding its ultimate home at Dulles.
I had lunch with Willi last week, he is fine, and looking forward to a bicycling trip in Europe in June 2006 at age 87. Gil Ferrey 05/06/2006 @ 14:49 [ref: 13216] |
| Traditiekamer Typhoon Volkel Vliegbasis Volkel - Volkel, AK | According to the official Operational Records Book of RAF 41 squadron, F/Lt Reid shot down the first Arado 234 on 02 March 1945 (not February). He intercepted the aircraft around Nijmegen and after a long chase fired at it, the Arado crashed near Enschede (Netherlands). 08/02/2005 @ 08:24 [ref: 10910] |
| Chris Dowdell Ottawa, ON | Re: \\\ The Great Show \\\ That was in fact the very 1st 234 to be shot down. happened ove Nijmegen feb 25 1945. The Allied pilot was F.O Johnny Reid DFC 41st sdnd. in a Mk.XIV, sheer was so strong strong the airframe was bent and paint peeled off. The Arado was splashed almost on the doorstep of allied HQ. Humilating gaff for a high altitude reconn.
12/15/2004 @ 23:06 [ref: 8880] |
| Chris Dowdell Ottawa, ON | Re: \\\ The Great Show \\\ That was in fact the very 1st 234 to be shot down. happened ove Nijmegen feb 25 1945. The Allied pilot was F.O Johnny Reid DFC 41st sdnd. in a Mk.XIV, sheer was so strong strong the airframe was bent and paint peeled off. The Arado was splashed almost on the doorstep of allied HQ. Humilating gaff for a high altitude reconn.
12/15/2004 @ 23:06 [ref: 8879] |
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