Marshalling yard at Erding

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear RolandF,

I sent you a PM regarding WOTBC Number Seven, which you can ignore, as I was able to see the image of page 2 that you mentioned via a Google search.

The photo on that page shows bare metal Me 262 fuselages side by side as you described, but these are only the combined rear and mid fuselages typical of what would have been manufactured at, say, St. Georgen an der Gusen, code name Bergkristall. The fuselages seen at Berglern and the airfield at Erding were different, as these were complete assemblies from nose to tail, only lacking rudders and horizontal tail surfaces and, further, were wrapped in tarps, which the rear/mid fuselages seen on WOTBC Number Seven, page 2, were not.

I do thank you for the WOTBC alert and also thank you for the other information, which I will now investigate. As for WOTBC Number Seven, I just ordered it from Eagle Editions. I can see from their description why I never ordered it, as there was nary a mention of the Me 262. I'll jot them a note about this oversight and, hopefully, their descriptions will be more complete in the future.

Regards,
Richard