One of 62 Storches captured intact in the British occupation zone of Germany. Apparently one of three Fi 156s surrendered at Flensburg coded RR + KE of an unknown unit. It had earlier been coded GM + AK and had been built by Mraz at Chocen, Czechoslovakia, one of 137 Storches built there in 1944. Although previously reported as W/Nr 475061, 475081 is shown on two plates on the aircraft itself. The Fi-156C-7 was the final wartime production version, introduced 1944.
Allocated RAF serial VP546 in April 1946.
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