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302. The airfield at München-Riem was captured by American forces on 30 April 1945. As there were many types of aircraft taken, a line-up of the various German aircraft was made. At the extreme right was an Me 262.
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303. Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 500516 was listed as being at the DLH facility at München-Riem on 26 April 1945. On p. 97 of
Jagdverband 44 Squadron of Experten, Robert Forsyth speculates, "It is possible that this was the defective aircraft that 'Jupp' Dobnig was ordered to fly out of Munich on or around 28 April 1945." Dobnig was warned that it was not fit to fly and left it behind, taking a truck ride to Salzburg. You can barely see the scalloping pattern on the leading wing edge.
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304. A GI sits atop the port wing of W.Nr. 500516. The
werknummer can just be made out in this photo. Note the filled-in bomb craters.
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305. The "giraffe"-style camouflage of large splotches of RLM 83 over RLM 82 can be seen in this view. Note the dent in the bottom of the rudder indicating a takeoff incident.
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306. Eventually, W.Nr. 500516 was dragged to the Riem dump and piled with the other German aircraft before being scrapped.