Me 262 PR

[James A Pratt III]

I understand there were a few Me 262s converted to photo recon aircraft:

Me 262 A-1/U3, A-4a, A-5a

Did any of them fly any ops? I don't recall seeing any mentioned in the luftwaffe.data on recon units. I have a drawing of one in a old Airfix book

[Andy Mitchell]

James,

Have a look at Stab/NAGr. 6; 1./NAGr. 6 and 2./NAGr. 6

Also Kdo. Panther and Einsatz Kommando. Braunegg (Einsatz Kdo. Braunegg)/NAGr 6

All reference Me 262 recce sorties.

[Chris Goss]

Didn’t Osprey do a book on such aircraft written by Robert Forsyth?

[leonventer]

Hi James,

It's likely that Andy Mitchell's excellent content on his luftwaffedata.co.uk site has already answered your question.

As Chris mentioned, you can find additional context and pictorial coverage of the aircraft and people involved in Me 262 recon units in these books:

• "Me 262 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units" by Robert Forsyth and Eddie Creek, Osprey, 2012, ISBN 9781849087490, 96 pages.
  Fairly detailed description of the formation and operations of the Me 262 recon units, lists of their known bases, plus decent pictorial coverage and 9 color profiles of the Me 262 A-1a/U3 variant.
• "Strahlaufklärer Messerschmitt Me 262: Die Geschichte der Nahaufklärungsgruppe 6" by Manfred Boehme, VDM Heinz Nickel, 2000, ISBN 3925480420, 111 pages.
  Copies of many original documents, descriptions & drawings of Me 262 recon variants, good photographic coverage (some in color), a list of all members of NAGr 6, as well as the Werknummern of Me 262s used in the reconnaissance role.

Hope that helps,
Leon Venter

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by leonventer

It's likely that Andy Mitchell's excellent content on his luftwaffedata.co.uk site has already answered your question.
Leon Venter

But if you want an account of the reconnaissance operations flown by Me 262s then there's my article in Axis Wings 2, Panthers Taking Pictures: Me 262 Reconnaissance Operations, 1944–45. This is still available from Chandos Publications and additions and updates are on my own website. These additions include Oblt. Braunegg's report on his Me 262 Kommando's first six days of operations in December 1944, for example.

Eariler on my website I published I./NAG 1 and the Me 262 (2008) and NAG 6 and the Me 262 (2011) but the Axis Wings piece and the online additions incorporate all the research I've done on the topic since then.

[leonventer]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

But if you want an account of the reconnaissance operations flown by Me 262s then there's my article in Axis Wings 2, Panthers Taking Pictures: Me 262 Reconnaissance Operations, 1944–45 ....
Eariler on my website I published I./NAG 1 and the Me 262 (2008) and NAG 6 and the Me 262 (2011) ....

Thanks for those pointers, Nick. It's a good reminder that I should be consulting your site (ghostbombers.com) and the "Axis Wings" series more regularly!

Regards,
Leon Venter

[James A Pratt III]

Thanks everyone. I can't believe I missed the above.