Jim,
Thank you! It would have been interesting to know how Jan Horn came to the conclusion that Lt. Strate was the pilot on February 6.
Stig,
See
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...45190&page=138 and the following page.
Why 110530? What about 110531 to 110539?
Nick,
Thank you for your explanation and the link! My interpretation always was that there was a damaged Me 262 at Landshut (i.e. Ergolding airfield) that had to be returned to the industry for repair (in connection to the bellylanded Me 262 11053x of course).
The problem is that Landshut had nothing to do with Me 262 production or repair. All other locations given in paragraph "Rückführ-Flugzeuge" were connected somehow to the Me 262 (Lechfeld, Straubing, Memmingen, Landau).
One of the four Me 262 listed as "Rückführ-Flugzeug Memmingen-Industrie" is Werknummer 500226. Robert Forsyth wrote about that plane: "Me 262A‐1a Wk‐Nr 500226 was operated briefly by the Industrieschutzschwarm Memmingen (Memmingen test facility defense flight) before being transferred to JG 7 in February 1945..."
Wouldn't Landsberg make more sense than Landshut?
Kind regards,
Daniel