26th October 2021, 17:14
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Alter Hase
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Join Date: Jan 2016
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Re: eBAy: Captured german planes
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Originally Posted by BABIN
Hello,
The second photo shows a prototype of Me 262 (V555), in a "bombardment" version. On May 8, 1945 his pilot, Oblt. Benz, took off from Saaz airfield at 7:55 p.m. to voluntarily land (belly landing), 30 minutes later, on the too short runway of the American-occupied Weimar-Nohra airfield. In addition to the pilot, the Me 262 carried two other aviators, slipped into the glass nose of the plane: Ofw. Olbroth and Ofw. Karl Nitschke, both from Aufklärungsgruppe 100 (1. (F) / 100).
Pierre
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Pierre,
Can you explain what you mean by "bombardment" version in reference to this aircraft? In the nose section, there were mounted two unusual "antennas." Do you know anything about these?
Best,
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