Urchin,
I have two books, which now that I look closer, do not seem in any agreement whatsoever. Yesterday they did.
I simply grabbed the book that had the numbers listed in the easiest to copy form and typed them in, I'm not insisting that they are correct though.
My sources:
Fighters of World War II
Editied by David Donald
MetroBooks
ISBN: 1-56799-684-1
Page 105 has a table titled "Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and Ta 152 variants"
The table includes these lines:
Ta 152H: high-altitude fighter; Jumo 213E; three modified Fw 190 prototypes (Fw 190V29, V30 and V32) completed
Ta 152H-0: 20 pre-production aircraft built at Cottbus in 1944; Jumo 213EB; R11, R21 and R31 variants with engine boost and radio variations
Ta 152H-1: one prototype (Ta 152V26) modified from Ta152E-2 and about a dozen production examples completed; Ta 152H-10 was a fighter reconnaissance version not completed at the end of the war
That is all the Ta152H versions listed in this book.
I got my Tempest numbers from from a table on page 124 of this book as well.
The History of German Aviation
KURT TANK:
FOCKE-WULF's DESIGNER AND TEST PILOT
By Wolfgang Wangner
Translated by Don Cox
Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 0-7643-0644-8
On page 183, paragraph 1 includes this sentence:
"Approximately 150 aircraft are reputed to have been manufactured at the Cottbus works before the Soviets occupied the city."
I did not see this line yesterday.
What I did see in my extemely quick glance at this book was the data in a table on page 187, which follows:
TA 152 Production Aircraft Built by Cottbus Focke-Wulft Works*
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Type | Werknummer | Engine | Notes
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Ta-152H- | 15001 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing **only 115 ltr long range tank, production from January 1945
Ta-152H-0 | 15002 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15003 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15004 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15005 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15006 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15007 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15008 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15009 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15010 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15011 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15012 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15013 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15014 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15015 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15016 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15017 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-0 | 15018 | Jumo 213E | 19.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15019 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing 6 soft-skinne fuel cells in wings, MG-1 and MW 50 systems, produced from 1/45 to 3/45
Ta-152H-1 | 15020 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15021 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15022 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15023 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15024 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15025 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
Ta-152H-1 | 15026 | Jumo 213E | 23.5 mē wing
V27 C-3 | 15027 | H-0 conversion to C-3 with DB 603L, planned for production from 6/45
V27 C-3 | 15030 | H-0 conversion to C-3 with DB 603L, planned for production from 6/45
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*Table is not complete
**Werknummer 150001 to 1500018 had the 19.5 mē wing (My note to this note, these numbers do not match those in the table, an zero was added here or omitted there)
Because this table was described as not complete, and showed fewer aircraft the the other book, I went with the other book's numbers.
I would like to see stronger evidence than "reputed" about the 150 production number.
EDIT: Edited the table for greater legibility.
[ 12-14-2001: Message edited by: Karnak ]