Some enlarged and 'tweaked' known photos of Me 262s

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395. This cropping of the above photo shows the recovery team operating the controls of the crane under the watchful eye of an officer, possibly the T.O. Note that the joined access hatches to the cameras and film cannisters lies on the ground to the right.


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396. Here the crane operator lowers a cable to attach to the nose. To the right, what appears to be a pilot climbs onto the wing.


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397. Brown, etal., on p. 76 associate these pictures with "a nosewheel collapse at Brandis airfield on 1st April 1945." According to Andreas Zapf, in his online Mosquitos und Schwaben (2014), p. 145, in RL 2-III/624 (not yet posted), there is a table of strengths of Me 262 units for 10 April 1945 including "N.A.Gr. 1 u. 6" that has the notation "14 Flzge. zur Abgabe an III./EJG 2 befohlen". It is possible, even likely considering the time needed for repairs at Brandis, that the white-surround "26" on W.Nr. 500251 seen at Lechfeld was added by III./EJG 2.