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The pilot of C9+ES was Wilhelm Johnen and you can read his own storry about what happende that night April 28/29, 1944 in his book "Duel unter den Sternen".

No, the cover is an electrical distribution for a MG. The letter P was used by the Luftwaffe for identifying electrical component's associated with the guns. So is the FL Nummer 46235 a component for weapon systems

There were several types of device to self-destruct the aircraft installet in the cockpit or other places. there was also explosive devices for destruction of radio and radar equipment like the FuG 25a IFF transmitter/reciever. This device was activated by a switch in the cockpit-ususally marked...

In pic #16 the part no contain "8-88" so JU88

If you look at the seconded photo it states the FL number FL32640. The ME 262 were not using that part, but FL32658. so I guess not

The decision to build the intermediate night fighter was decided on September 1, 1944 at a meeting in the Messerschmitt design office with partisipation of RLM and Messerschmitt. At a meeting in mid-September 1944 where DHL, RLM and Messerschmitt participated it was agreed that DHL should build...

I have not seen any war time photos of the rear cockpit of the trainer. The night fighter version was NOT converted from the B-1a but from the single seat ME 262's. The first idea was a new designation for the night fighter, the B-2, but as this project was divided into two, an intermediate and...

Yes, they are actually downloadable. They are RL 5/1445 to RL 5/1462

Or state the archive signature if it is downloadable from the Archive.

The reference Film C 2027 etc. are the file reference of the claim notis at the Militär Archiv in Freiburg, Germany. It is the claim registration of the RLM.

Hi ThaQuickest, Most of the airframe was made from aluminium, German name was material number 3116.5. A lot of other parts was made from sheet metal and steel. Wood was used when posible.

Yes, but if you look at fuel consumption of a Kettenkrad and a ME262 you will see that fuel used to move the plane from bomb shelter to the runway was neglectable!

Not quite true. The MiG-9 was first flight on April 23, 1946, engine reverse engineered BMW 003. Yak-15 was first flight on April 23 1946, engine reverse engineered Jumo 004, La-150 first flight September 11, 1946 engine German Turbojet. The Sovejet Jet engine proposed was a Lyulka TR-1 with a...

I think you are a bit off here. The fuel for the jets (J2) was in fact in short supply if you read official government documents. In fact so that the jets were towed to the runway not to use fuel for taxing. Also the test flights of the new and rebuild jets were hampered by fuel shortages. When...

The TA183 is the basis for the MIG15. The build up of the airforce with jets in Russia was driven by german engineers and technology. USSR did not have anything jet related at the end of WW2