Aircraft Photo of 112372 | Messerschmitt Me-262A-2A Schwalbe | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #490163
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:112372
Military Code:X
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262A-2A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):112372
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:CosfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGWC   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:RAF Museum Cosford
 
Photo Date:26 April 1980
Photo by:Chris England
Photo ID: 490163
Photo Comment

Surrendered to the Allies in 1945 and later flown to Farnborough for evaluation, being allocated the RAF serial VK893 in September 1945 in place of the Air Ministry number AM51. By 1947 it was in the Cranwell station museum where it remained until 1960. It was allocated the maintenance serial 8482M on 16 February 1976, and later that year moved to Cosford. It moved to the RAF Museum at Hendon in 2003, and was returned to Cosford in 2017.

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