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

[Karoband]

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84. Eight Me 262s were surrendered on 6 May 1945 at Schleswig-Land to elements of the RAF Regiment. Seen here l. to r. are Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 500443 Yellow 5?; Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 112372 Red 2; Me 262 A-1a (werknummer unknown to me) Red 1; Me 262 B-1a W.Nr. 110165?; Me 262 B-1a/U1 W.Nr. 110306; and Me 262 B-1a/U1 W.Nr. 110305 Red 8. To the right out of camera range were Me 262 B-1a W.Nr 110635 Red 10 and Me 262 B-1a/U1 W.Nr. 111980 Red 12.


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85. Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 500443 was captured at Schleswig. O'Connell, Me 262 Production Log, (2005), p. 173 says it was originally coded Yellow 5 but repainted by hand to Yellow 6. Its unit is unknown to me. Note that the British markings applied at Schleswig are distinct: unusually large RAF roundels without yellow outer rings and the addition of RAF fin flashes.


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86. A poor quality photo shows the unique markings of W.Nr. 500443, which include the total lack of JG 7 insignia, lack of nose or tail tip colours, the cannon ports surround colours, the white rudder, the unusually small tactical number in yellow on the rear fuselage contrary to 10./NJG 11 markings and the mismatched port engine nacelle fairings. Assigned "U.S.A.1.", it was not taken by Watson's Whizzers. Reported as having been shipped to the UK.