[Karoband]

Gentlemen,

I have just obtained a copy of Gotterdammerung: Luftwaffe Wrecks and Relics, Number 1 (2006). On page 85 is a photograph (and rear fuselage profile by Tom Tullis) of the starboard side of the Me 262 A-1a "Yellow 3" of KG(J) 54 "photographed on a scrapyard at Munchen-Riem in Germany during late 1945 or 1946."

I would like to point out that each side of the Karoband on the port side of the aircraft on post #1 of this thread has four 'chequers', and that the Karoband itself is situated in front of the leading edge of the tail fin. However, each side of the Karoband in the starboard view of the aircraft found in the Munchen-Riem dump has two 'chequers' and the Karoband is behind the leading edge of the tail fin.

I have never heard of such asymmetrical markings. Like Roland I am not convinced this is the same aircraft. Could the aircraft in post #1 be the one Dan O'Connell mentioned in post #5?

Best regards,

Jim Geens