To ours Me 262 experten:
"In battle over Bavaria" Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob recalls that he was instructed to proceed (around 30 April) to organise and supervise the necessary developments needed at the local airfield (Innsbruck) to enable operations by a number of JV 44's Me 262 expected to transfer there in the very near future;
About the Me 262 transferred to Hinnsbruck-Hotting we have some pics taken after the end of the war on the contrary of the other relocation of JV 44's Me 262 (Salzburg-Maxglam) were if I remeber well we have only two pics of white 22 damage on landing, may be because the other Me 262s one by one exploded before the surrender.
As Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob recalls. "As far I can remember, about twelve aircraft arrived, one of wich landed inadvertently on the old aereodrome"
My question is: if we can identified all Me 262s landed at Innsbruck-Hotting (and the only in the other)?
From the sources that I have:
Pictures
-White 4, wn?, 2 pics Broken Eagles Me 262.
-uncoded, wn 111712, 3 pics Broken Eagles, 1 pic Stormbird colors Me 262, 1 pic Battle over Bavaria.
-uncoded, wn 500490, 4 pics Broken Eagles, 1 pic Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich....; 1 color pic Me 262 the production log 1941-1945
-White 1s, wn?, 5 pics Broken Eagles, 3 pics Stormbird colors Me 262, 3 pics Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich...
-uncoded, wn 111857, 1 pic Battle over Bavaria, 2 pics Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich..., 1 pic (may be) Me 262 vol II the world's first turbojet fighter.
-White 12 and White1, wn?, 1 pic Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich...(on E-bay the same pic more large and the 1 looks more dark than white)
-White 8s, wn 111974, 1 pic Me 262 the production log 1941-1945
-uncoded, wn 1113(?)57(?), 1 pic Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich...
-uncoded, wn 500524, 2 pics on E-bay.
other four pics of Me 262s that looks different but I have some doubt:
bild 46, bild 48, bild 57, bild 58 Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich...
No pictures, but others found on me 262 the prodution log:
-wn 170061
-wn 111751
-wn 112360
-wn 113368
-wn 113369
as we can see may be that they are more than eleven.....
References:
-Broken Eagles 4: Me 262, C. Hildebrandt, 1993
-Me 262 vol. four, J.R. Smith-E.Creek, Classic Publications 2000
-Messerschmitt Me 262 The Production Log 1941-1945, Classic Publications, 2005
-Stormbird colors: Construction, Camouflage and Markings of the Me 262, B.Green-B.Evans, Eagle Editions, 2002
-Battle over Bavaria, R. Forsyth, Classic Publications, 1998
-Messerschmitt Me 262 Vol II, M.Grihel, Schiffer Military History 1992
-Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Osterreich September 1943 bis Mai 1945, H.Handing-M.Handing, OFH Osterreichische Flugzeug Historiker, 2005
Thanks in advance
Francesco Maria Lentini