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Old 20th July 2022, 12:49
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Re: Some enlarged and 'tweaked' known photos of Me 262s

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192. Me 262 V10 W.Nr. 130005 "VI+AE" was another Messerschmitt test aircraft at Lechfeld. Here it is being piloted by Gerd Linder in October or November 1944 in a mis-guided concept of towing a 1000 kg bomb, (O'Connell, p.22). It was used as a test frame for other ideas including a modification of the nose to heat the gun compartment.


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193. Seen at Lechfeld in June 1945 tipped on its nose nearest the camera, V10 "VI+AE" has had its engines removed. In this colour photo, it is in the vicinity of V9 W.Nr. 130004 "VI+AD" and W.Nr. 110526 white "15" in the field at the left front of the Whizzers' hangar.


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194. This is the same picture seen in #191. Towed behind the hangar and showing major damage to the tailfin, V10 "VI+AE" lies derelict next to Me 262 C-2a "V074". Note its replaced nose unit.
On 6 July 1945, the Whizzers' two-seater Me 262 B-1a W.Nr. 110639, now named "Willie" and numbered "555" piloted by Lt. Robert A. Anspach, on landing at Cherbourg-Querquerville, suffered a nosewheel failure to deploy and touched down on its nose and forward engine cowls. Replacements were quickly flown in from Lechfeld and 110639 was repaired before being cocooned and shipped to the USA. In an article about this aircraft, David E. Brown wrote: "In 1993 the Navy agreed to allow "555" to be used as a pattern for the new build machines being constructed by the "Me 262 Project" on condition that it be restored in return. During restoration it was discovered that the replacement nose that had been installed at Cherbourg was equipped with a unique gun area heating system. The only 262 that had an experimental gun compartment heating installed was the tenth prototype "V10", wk. nr. 130 005."
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