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187. This poor photo shows Me 262 C-2b W.Nr. 170074 "V074", a Messerschmitt company test aircraft, in a hangar at Lechfeld undergoing a static test of its BMW 003 TLR hybrid turbo/rocket engines. If you look closely, you can see the rocket exhaust nozzle sticking out
above the rear of the engine nacelle. The concept was that the rocket was to provide boost both on take-off and in combat. O'Connell,
Production Log, p. 51, recounts the dismal results of the trials. Note the
balkenkreuz on the wing.
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188. This photo shows American GIs, shortly after capturing Lechfeld on 27 April 1945, examining "V074". Note that the aircraft was found without engines and covered in camouflage nets. It is distinguishable by its white
werknummer.
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189. Gathered by MSgt. Freiburger in the field on the left side of the front of the Whizzer's hangar at Lechfeld, possibly Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 113363 and "V074" are seen with their tracks in the mud of early May 1945.
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190. Here Me 262 W.Nrs. 130005 "VI+AE", 500539 "33" and 170074 "V074" are seen in their resting places to the left of the hangar. "V074" is still upright without its engines. W.Nr. 110956 white "17" and W.Nr. 113363 are out of camera range to the right.
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191. Towed behind the hangar after the Whizzers left on 10 June 1945, "V074" and "VI+AE" are among the Me 262s left as derelicts. In photos, "V074" can also be recognized by its emergency rocket-fuel dumping pipe below the fuselage. Note the unpainted wing and missing parts.