Allied Reporting Names For German WW II Aircraft

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Jemiba said:
Triggered by a post in the Arado Ar 232 topic ( https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,25998.msg323739.html#msg323739 ),
I've started this thread. Already mentioned there :

- Rechlin 104 = Arado Ar 232
- Peenemünde 20 = Fieseler Fi 103 / V1
- Lowenthal 47 = Dornier Do 335
- Schwechat 70 = Heinkel He 219
- Rechlin 46 = Arado Ar 234

Thanks for those clues.
Please, feel free to continue !
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- Rechlin 66 = Junkers Ju 287
- Rechlin 33 = Messerschmitt Me 209
- Schonefeld 108 = Henschel Hs 130
- Brandenburg 110 = Arado Ar 232 B
 
- Rechlin 104 = Arado Ar 232
- Brandenburg 110 = Arado Ar 232 B
- Rechlin 46 = Arado Ar 234
- Lowenthal 47 = Dornier Do 335
- Peenemünde 20 = Fieseler Fi 103 / V1
- Schwechat 70 = Heinkel He 219
- Schonefeld 108 = Henschel Hs 130
- Rechlin 66 = Junkers Ju 287
- Rechlin 33 = Messerschmitt Me 209


Another one:
- Schwechat 25 = Heinkel He 162
 
I checked this and related threads, but didn't found any mention, what digits after air base corresponds to the estimated wingspan, in feet.
Sorry, if I reinvent the wheel - this is estimated span of the aircraft.
First, I read about this Allies' practice of German' aircraft identification in the book about V-1, namely, the Constance Babington Smith first successful identification of V-1 (FZG-76) missile on the Peenemünde' test range. From other tested aircraft, Fieseler Fi-103 has enormously small wingspan.
 
From the Ar 232 thread:
Arjen said:
Re: German Rechlin 104 Airplane ?

Starting in June 1943, Allied intelligence named unidentified German types in a name-number format. The name part referred to the place where the aircraft was first spotted. The number referred to the aircraft's approximate wing span in feet. Rechlin 104: an aircraft first spotted at Rechlin with a 104ft wing span.
Source: 'Die deutsche Luftfahrt - Erprobungsstellen bis 1945' by Beauvais/Kössler/Mayer/Regel, Bernard & Graefe 1998, page 124-125.
Rechlin 104 is explicitly linked to Ar 232.
<edit> as mentioned earlier by Justo Miranda in reply #45, who helpfully provided scans of the relevant pages in the English edition of the book
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