Operation Vengeance over Finland

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I think it coincides with what actually the conspirators in 1943 have planned.
There is another interesting possibility - using anti-Soviet sentiments of millions of people in occupied territories, including those POWs that survived the winter (when Germans failed to supply the camps and hundreds of thousands died). Hitler and some other top Nazis were against arming those Untermensch. Once Nazis leaders are removed, Wehrmacht can act more rationally.
 
Hitler's trip was in June '42, factory 166 started manufacturing them in September '41 with aircraft reaching operational units in March '42.

So it seems that there would be some available for the mission.
Yes, they began the manufacturing of some parts in September 1941. But this production was never given priority.
Trials began only in May 1942, according to this source: Туполев Ту-2
Serial production in September according to Khazanov:
And combat trials of 3 aircraft in the same month:
Full-scale operations, probably, not before November 1942.
 
There was a whole cabal of dangerous people in the wings:
Himmler
Goebbels
Heydrich

The proposed date of interception is 3 June 1942.

On 27 May 1942 Heydrich was wounded by Czech resistance fighters in Prague.
Heydrich fell into a coma on 3 June and never regained consciousness.
He died on 4 June 1942.
 
The proposed date of interception is 3 June 1942.

On 27 May 1942 Heydrich was wounded by Czech resistance fighters in Prague.
Heydrich fell into a coma on 3 June and never regained consciousness.
He died on 4 June 1942.
Just going by memory, the timeline was close.
Heydrich's assination launched terrible reprisals, too.
 

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