[Dan O'Connell]

Originally Posted by joachim doerr

This was always one of my favorite schwalben. And it fought long and hard till the end. Is there a list of kills by its pilots, if any? Thank you in advance

170071 Call sign KL+WY. Me 262 A-1a. Painted in the early camouflage of RLM grays 74/75/76. It was first known to be with Erprobungskommando 262 as 'White 2', 1 August 1944 at Lechfeld. A document dated 13 October from Obb. Forschungsanstalt Oberammergau noted that this A-1a had deformed wing surfaces, and that both main gear doors were badly bent. It had made at least 39 takeoffs, with 14 hours and 23 minutes of flight time with EKdo 262 at that time. It was then transferred to III./EJG 2, where it is known to have been flown by Major Erich Hohagen on 15 November. Ofw. Hermann Buchner then flew it at Lechfeld on 19 November, from 10:00 until 10:22 for his first flight in a 262, followed by a second flight of ten minutes at 16:45. It was found abandoned on the autobahn near München in May 1945 by U.S. troops. Although photos exist showing both two and four MK 108 cannon ports, it was found with the standard fighter nose.

Nothing really remarkable about its career.