Re: Me 262 component assembly at Flossenbürg?
Hi Roger,
direcly connected to Flossenbürg was Vilseck as final assembly and test flight facility. Some Me 262 fuselages where found there by the end of the war (photographic evidence exists). It's very likely that they came out of the Flossenbürg test built. Two barracks where equipped with a production line for the Me 262.
For reference see the following passage from the US Survey of Messerschmitt Factory an Function Oberammergau:
Subassembly and Assambly of 262 Fuselages
Two smaller buildings, at the Flossenberg quarry, were used for this
work. The first building had four framing and skinning fixtures ·for the
side panels. The entire. arrangement appeared to be in a formative stage,
quite different from the 109 line. Only six fuselages were in evidence.
The other buildings contained the fuselage assembly, but only four
fuselages were in evidence. The tail ends of four more were scattered
about, together with one battered portion of a jet unit. No installation
was made with the exception of canopy.
Again this assembly did not seem to have gotten under way. No performance or contemplated production figures were available.
Best regards
Matthias
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