Rieti: landing area 1,000 metres x 60 metres.

"It was finally possible to enter Rieti with a vehicle yesterday and the airfield and buildings in town were inspected. The airfield was finally left by the Germans about May 18th but not used operationally for about a fortnight before that. FW 190's used to take off from here but never stay very long. Some dispersal areas in the orchards to the NW were under construction but not completed in time. (This information from locals).

All the A/D buildings were demolished and a number of Fw 190's were dispersed around the perimeter, all uniformly destroyed before leaving. Some were without engines but all were burned out very completely as to the cockpit section and scattered as by an explosion ... mostly only tail units and outer sections of mainplanes were found."

Type

Werk Nummer
(from plate or fin)

Condition

Fw 190

190-70629

burned and scattered

Fw 190

—

burned and scattered

Fw 190

—

burned and scattered

Fw 190

—

burned and scattered

Fw 190

190-70644

parts only}

under wreckage of hangar

Fw 190

—

parts only}

Fw 190

470619

burned and broken up

Fw 190 A-6

70418

wrecked

Fw 190 A-6

470413

blown up, Schloss 500/XII

Fw 190 A-6

470425

blown up, Schloss 500

Fw 190

—

very thoroughly destroyed

Fw 190 A-6

470648

blown up and burned; maker hkz

Fw 190 A-6

470461

blown up and burned

Fw 190

470402

blown up and burned

Fw 190 A-6

650316

blown up and burned

Fw 190 A-6

470459

blown up and burned

"F/L. James is reporting on documentary finds, but they included a number of signals giving works numbers and call signs of missing a/c and the call signs of all the SG 4 Fw 190's. This must be obtained from CSDIC as soon as possible for the production people at AM.

F/L. James also found the official markings for Italian Fascist-Republican a/c."

NOTE: if James' report survives, it does not seem to be in any of the CSDIC files that I have seen. From the researcher's point of view this is a pity.