[Karoband]

Hi Nick,

This is my problem: I know that the General Quartermeister's report identifies it as a "Me 262 A-1". However, Forsyth & Creek in Me 262 Bomber And Reconnaissance Units p. 65 have Knoll in a Me 262 A-1a/U3 attempting to bounce two P-51s and getting shot down. Smith & Creek, Me 262 Volume 3 p. 581 also give it as a "A-1a/U3". O'Connell merely gives "Me 262 A" but mentions the P-51s. DeZeng & Stankey have two different Knolls in two different types of Me 262 crashing in "Red 2" on that date.
The Me 262 A-1a/U3 was usually unarmed but David E Brown mentions that at least four had one MK 108 in the nose. I wonder about a recce pilot trying to bounce two P-51s with only one cannon. To me Forsyth's account seems to be a garbled version of Lt. Harold E. Whitmore of 356FG's shoot-down of a Me 262 over Stettin at 15:30 hrs.
You can see why I am confused.

Jim