[Dan O'Connell]

Here is how I changed the listing in my data base:

170090 Call sign KP+OR. Me 262 A-2a. Delivered to I./KG 51 on 16 September 1944. The Technical Officer, Lt. Batel, noted a number of defects in the aircraft as delivered from the factory, typical of the problems of quality control in the German aircraft industry by this time. Among other issues, the canopy could not be locked from the inside, unless two men pushed down on it from the outside. The right rudder pedal was sticking, and the wheel covers did not fit. Fuel tank seals were already corroded and leaking, and the compass was incorrect by 20 degrees. All of these situations were corrected by Gruppen personnel. Additional information indicates that on 22 September, it was involved in a 15% techn. mangel at Schwäbisch-Hall with Fl.Ü.G. 1. In the report dated on the 29th, it was referred to as ‘170900’, most likely this aircraft. It was flown by Obfw. Otto Zeppenfeld of I./KG 51 to Fassberg on 30 March 1945, then to Rheinsehlen on the following day.

I try to be very careful to only present the information as given.