Hi all,
As a spin-off to the Me262B-1a/U1 -nightfighter thread here's a small summary of photos and sources related to the B&V Wenzendorf modification facility.
A brief history of the site as google-translated from German:
https://translate.google.com/transla...enzendorf.html
According to RLM Acceptance records the site converted at least the following dual-controls trainers:
- Bf109G-12 = 403 pcs
- Ju88A-7 = 149 pcs
- Me210A-1/U1 = 48 pcs
- Me262B-1a = 9 pcs (between 07/44 and 11/44) + max 8 pcs (12/44 B&V+DLH total)
Sources for some postwar video-footage. The Wenzendorf modification site starts at 1:03 on both sources:
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/g...ery/wenzendorf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEF8J8ppP1k
- destroyed hangars
- destroyed Bf109G-12 two-seat dual-controls trainers
- destroyed Me262B-1a two-seat dual-controls trainers
Sources for some postwar photos. Unfortunately the quality of this copy is really bad.
The interesting source document is C.I.O.S. report XXV-53: "German Aircraft Industry - Bremen-Hamburg Area" (pages 54-62):
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b198053.pdf
- Me262 nose cones
- Me262 two-seater fuselages
- Me262 wings
- Me262 engines
Below also some photos from my collections.
BR, Juha