Aircraft Photo of 110639 | Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #441094
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:110639
Military Code:35
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):110639
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman FieldMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KNPA   IATA: NPA   Local: NPA   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
 
Photo Date:6 March 2015
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 441094
Photo Comment

One of the advanced aircraft brought to the US at the end of WWII, this rare two seat Me-262 was studied by the Navy. Given the bu 121448, it was struck off strength in 1947 and displayed outside with other axis aircraft at NAS Willow Grove, PA. Rescued from the elements in 1993, it was dis-assembled by The Me262 Project as a pattern for Me-262 replicas under an agreement with the Navy to return it fully restored. It went back on display at the Wings of Freedom Museum, NAS Willow Grove , PA in 2001 before transfer to the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, FL in September 2010

This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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