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257. On 26 April 1945, W.Nr. 500226 was listed as being present at München-Riem, having been handed over from "
Industrie" at Memmingen. By the end of April it was probably with 1/JG 7 at Prag-Ruzin before moving to Saaz/Zatec by 7 May. On 8 May 1945,
Oblt. Walter Bohatsch commandeered the now "white 4" of 1./JG 7, as his own Me 262 was out of service, and headed for Fassberg. Short of fuel, he landed at the American-held airfield of Dedelstorf, about 67 km. north of Braunschweig.
Note the lack of the JG 7
wappen, perhaps indicating a hurried transformation. The lack of a vertical stripe between the blue/red RVT bands indicate it is from I.
Gruppe. Again, a cable has been used to drag it backwards damaging the base of the tail fin.
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258. This is another view of the starboard side indicating a hurried replacement of the rudder and parts of the starboard engine nacelle. Note the warnings to "Keep off".
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259. This view of the port side of "white 4" shows that the butting edge between the RVT bands was purposely placed over the joint of the rear fuselage with the tail component. Because of inexact manufacturing, a white cooloured putty was used to caulk the gap and then an adhesive tape was used to seal the putty. In this photo, the tape can clearly be seen under the RVT bands.
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260. This is a later view of the port side. At first glance, this seems to be an aircraft of the
III.Gruppe due to a vertical bar in the RVT bands, but a closer look shows that the tape has easily been peeled to the side exposing the light coloured putty. Note that the
werknummer can just be made out.