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235. In this photo, American GIs examine a strange jet that had belly-landed at the occupied German airfield of Weimar-Nohra on 8 May 1945.
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236. By January 1945, the concept of an acoustic 'radar' known as
Baldrian had been developed far enough to test hooking it up to a
K 22 automatic pilot that could theoretically follow an enemy aircraft at night. This combination was known as
Vesuv.
To calibrate
Vesuv, the Lotfe bombsight was removed from the Me 262 A-2/U2 W.Nr. 110555 V11 "V555" that in December 1944 had been fitted with the Lotfe
Kanzel II which allowed a bombardier to lie prone in the nose of an Me 262. In its place, the
Baldrian system was installed with twin extendable diodes sticking out from the sides of the nose.
In this photo, civilian technicians from the Elektrophysik company are testing the
Vesuv system. Note that "555" has not yet been added to the nosewheel door nor the
kanzel painted.
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237. A view of "V555" taking of from Lechfeld, possibly on 10 February 1945 with
Stabsing. Erberst in the
kanzel and piloted by
Flugkapitän Esche for a daylight calibration test against a target aircraft. (O'Connell, p. 38)