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Re: eBay: Two Me 262 photos.
A look on p.85 in JaPo´s excellent "Messerschmitt Me 262 Production & Arado Ar 234 Final Operations" reveals the true identity of the Me 262A-1a/U3. The camo stripes are absolute identical to "White 27" WNr 500098, said to be from III./EJG 2 and captured by US troops at Lechfeld a/f.
The jet went into Colonel Watson´s "Whizzers" inventory as "666", nick-named "Joanne" resp "Cookie VII" and crossed the Atlantic on HMS Reaper.
It crashed on 19th August 1945 close to Pittsburg/US during a landing attempt, being piloted by Lt. Ken Holt (uninjured)
The unique camo pattern was applied by Flugzeugwerk Eger (FWE), now Cheb/CZ, which modified Augsburg- and Regensburg-manufactured jets to Aufklärer standard.
Regards
Roland
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