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

[Karoband]

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392. The damage to this Me 262 A-4 appears to be the result of a nose wheel collapse sustained during a an emergency landing. This is one of four coloured photographs that I know of, taken during the recovery operation. The unique wellens of the camouflage pattern on the starboard fuselage identify this aircraft as W.Nr. 500251 that had a later white-surround "26" on its nose and was captured at Lechfeld. Higher resolution copies of these photos found on p. 74 of Brown etal., Messerschmitt Me 262 Production & Arado Ar 234 Final Operations, (JaPo, 2012) show a red "S" on the rear fuselage in the shadow under the tailplane.


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393. This cropping of the above photo shows that the entire joined access hatches to the cameras is missing and that the film cannisters have been removed. The upper starboard wing has much of its green camouflage rubbed off exposing the lighter under coat. This is undoubted due to the wear and tear by pilots and ground crew accessing the cockpit from the starboard side. Note the torn off lower joint tape where the nose component connects with the fuselage.


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394. Due to the proficiency of Luftwaffe pilots in making emergency landings with only 10-30 % damage, recovery teams needed a mobile crane capable of lifting a dismantled Me 262 onto a flatbed trailer. In this photo, the unplowed field with green stubble grass, as well as the clothing of the ground crew, suggests this photo was not taken in December 1944 but in early Spring 1945.