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Re: Is this an unknown Me 262 photo (eBay)?
As noted above, this Me 262 is the one that Lt. Wilhelm Batel of KG 51 flew out of Prague on May 8, 1945 and bellied in near his parents' home at Pomeissell near Lüneburg.
The aircraft was coded "9K+FB" as apparently noted in the pilot’s flight book (from St./I./KG 51) with the "F" most probably in green and just fainly visible in the photo. Based on its camouflage scheme it is from somewhere within the 1106XX to 1108XX werknummer range.
The photo first appeared in Wolfgang Dierich's book "Kampfgeschwader Edelweiss" (Ian Allen, 1975) along with a description of the event by Batel.
Cheers,
David
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