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Me 262 component assembly at Flossenbürg?
Hello,
This is a question to the Messerschmitt experts: Did the Messerschmitt plant at Flossenbürg also produce parts for the Me 262 at the end of the war? Or just Bf 109?
If found the following text in the history of the US 90th Infantry Division:
"On 18 April the Battalion set off on a seven day chase which covered a distance of 123 kilometers and netted over 500 prisoners. We passed through OBER-WEISSENBACH, BRAND, FALKENBERG, ELLENBACH,
ALDTHURN and ESLARN. During this chase the Battalion encountered only negligible resistance while moving through terrain ranging from open and solid to tree covered swamps. The German concentration camp at FLOSSENBURG was liberated on the 23rd with a mere 1163 of the original 16,000 prisoners still there. The others had either been moved away or killed. Among the more important personalities held here were Joseph Stalin’s son, a British General, the former Prince of Bavaria, and a large number of French officers. A Messerschmidt factory was also found on the camp grounds."
Roger
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