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307. According to Dan O'Connell, p. 162, the 798th Signals Corps extensively photographed this aircraft on 4 April 1945. The press-release that went with this photo reads: "This slightly damaged jet-propelled plane was found on an airfield at Giebelstadt, Germany by troops of the 12th Armoured [sic] Division, US 7th Army. The plane appears to have been hit in the right wheel by shrapnel, although left wheel assembly broke down as it landed, causing the plane to skid on runway. The plane carries two bombs, has two jet nacelles and a tricycle landing gear. Plane number is 500079, FI, D.A."
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308. Note the two 'bombs' to the left in this picture and the matching tail and nose tip colours.
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309. The aircraft code "F1+DA" indicates that this Me 262 A-1a (no bomb racks or camera bulges) belonged to the
geschwaderstab of KG 76, a bomber unit that used Arado Ar 234 B-2s late in the war. The colour code used by the
geschwaderstab of a bomber unit was either blue or green. Note, in this picture, the carefully painted band on the leading edge of the nacelle cowling, which is in the same manner and dimensions as the bands seen on the cowlings of the Jumo 004 engines of the Ar 234s of KG 76. I have never seen similar bands on aircraft of Me 262 units.