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

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97. This photo of Me 262 B-1a/U1 "306" of 10./NJG 11 shows it in German markings in its fifth position in the line-up at Schleswig. Note that there is no protruding barrel from the lower gun port and that the auxiliary fuel tanks are missing.


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98. A group photo of British and Luftwaffe personnel at Schleswig in front of "306". Note the RAF roundel and addition of the auxiliary fuel tanks.


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99. This photo shows "306" in British markings. Assigned to the Americans and marked with a hand-painted "U.S.A.3." on the starboard fuselage, it was handed over to Watson's Whizzers. Lt. Bob Strobell flew it from Schleswig to Twente on 19 June 1945. Through pilot error, he landed short hitting a berm in from of the short concrete runway. "I wiped out the entire right side of the airplane." Normally it would have been scrapped, but as it was their only example of a B-1a/U1, they flew in an "entire wing and gear" assembly by C-47 from Lechfeld. (Samuel, American Raiders, pp. 284-5) On 23 June 1945, Strobell flew the repaired "306" from Twente to Melun-Villaroche.

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100. At Melun, Me 262 B-1a/U1 "306" was given American markings and christened "Ole Fruit Cake". The Whizzer's number "999" can be seen beneath the horizontal stabilizer. On 3 July 1945, Strobell flew it from Melun to Cherbourg-Querqueville to be prepared for shipping aboard HMS Reaper to the United States.