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261. This was probably one of the earliest photo-recce Me 262 A-5s produced. According to Brown
etal., Messerschmitt Me 262 Production & Arado Ar 234 Final Operations, (JaPo, 2021), page 11: "It is most probably
W.Nr 110513 as evidenced by the
werknummer on the starboard fin ....". If so, Dan O'Connell,
Production Log, page 83, has test-pilot
Uffz. Heinz Ordelheide making test flights at Schwabisch-Hall on 18 and 22 November 1944. It is likely that this was one of the aircraft of
Erprobungskommando Braunegg (Panther) that, like
EKdo. 262, wore a yellow band behind the cockpit. Although the
balkenkreuz at first seems to have a black centre, this may be due to the two-tone dark upper camouflage akin to that of the photo-recce Ar 234s of
Versuchsverband der OKL which was also responsible for
EKdo. Panther. Also note what appears to be the later addition of darer camo along the demarcation lines of the fuselage and nacelles. It has one of the single MK 108 cannon muzzles as requested by
Oblt. Herward Braunegg. This unit was stationed at Schwabisch-Hall from 30 November 1944 until about 8 February 1945, becoming 2./NAG 6.
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