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

[Karoband]

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387. The tire tracks in the mud show that the kettenkrad had to swing wide in order to avoid clipping the nose of the nearest Me 262 with the wing tip. Note the unusual camouflage and apparent lack of a hakenkreuz and a karoband, perhaps due to camouflage netting.


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388. What seem to be civilian technicians assist in the preparations. Note the camo netting and tow bar.


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389. Radtke, p. 239: "März 1945/Neuburg/Donau. Me 262-A1a, B3+GR der 7. Staffell". Note that the hakenkreuz has been censored and the werknummer, 111620, is obscured in this copy of the photo. However, the better resolution of this copy shows the KG(J) 54 usage of a large black "R" to indicate the staffel, differing from KG 51's usage of a final very small dark letter. Final preparations near the startbahn were done with the aircraft lined up in a row without towbars.


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390. This poor view of W.Nr. 111620 "B3+GR" shows a member of the ground crew assisting a pilot already in the cockpit, while, in the background, an Me 262 takes to the air. Curiously, O'Connell, p. 129, has Ofw. Friedrich Gentzsch "of I./KG(J) 54" flying this machine on 8 February 1945 and "it was 100 % destroyed by an air raid at Neuburg on 23 February...."


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391. Off Topic: A list compiled of Jet airfields as of 24 January 1945 and the type and number of flak emplacements.