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Old 22nd January 2018, 12:22
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Re: Me 262 component assembly at Flossenbürg?

Hello Matthias,

Thank you very much for that interesting excerpt from the US report. So, they have indeed started Me 262 fuselage production at Flossenbürg. In a Mtt report, I also found a reference to Cham as producer of fuselage components (Rumpfteile) of the Me 262.

If the photo in my old notes was indeed taken at Weiden, the fuselages may have been transported to Weiden from Flossenbürg/Vilseck and from Weiden down to Obertraubling for final assembly.

In the history of the US 357th Infantry (attached to the 90th Infantry Division I mentioned in #1), I found the (I think well known) photo in the link below of Bf 109 on railcars. The 357th Infantry passed through Flossenbürg and was at the Messerschmitt plant. Do you have an idea where exactly that photo was taken?

http://www.90thdivisionassoc.org/90t...rybook/102.htm

Same one as shown here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...80126592/page4

But it may have been at a different location as some of the fuselages already have tactical markings on them. Looks more like a transport for repair.

There is another airfield photo in the history of the 357th Infantry showing a Si 204 with StKz VW+??.

http://www.90thdivisionassoc.org/90t...rybook/111.htm

Best regards,

Roger
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