Addendum: A better copy of the picture in my #385 was recently posted on the
modelforum.cz site, To my eye there is an ETC 501 bomb rack and only one gunport visible on the nearest Me 262.
Today's post:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1289
396. Uffz Eduard Schallmoser, on the right, walks away from his Me 262 A-1a, W.Nr. 111745, "white 5" of JV 44. According to Robert Forsyth's account in
Jagdverband 44 Squadron of Experten, (2008), pp. 52-53, Schallmoser accidently clipped the tail of a P-38J and was able to land safely in this aircraft on 4 April 1945.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1290
397. The angle of this photo of "white 5" shows the uneven results of an overcoat of RLM 83
dunkelgrun that was added to many of the Me 262s of JV 44. Unlike all the other Me 262 fighter units in 1945, JV 44 carried no RVT bands on its rear fuselages. However, all of its
kennzeichen numerals ahead of the
balkenkreuz were neatly applied to a standard width of one half of that of the
balkenkreuz and uniformly positioned beside it as seen here.