CAPTURED AIRCRAFT - ODD PHOTOS
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Good stuff!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
I think the 177 is a tough looking aircraft regardless of the markings.
Next, some Japanese aircraft in the hands of the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South East Asia (IWM)
J2Ms
G4M
A6Ms
The rear one wearing the tail number BI-05 still survives, or part of it does:
On display at IWM Lambeth. The fuselage section in the background is that of the Bf 110 in which Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland in, on 10 May 1940.
J2Ms
G4M
A6Ms
The rear one wearing the tail number BI-05 still survives, or part of it does:
On display at IWM Lambeth. The fuselage section in the background is that of the Bf 110 in which Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland in, on 10 May 1940.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Tragic...
Here's another "Where is it now?" image.
This picture was hijacked from earlier in this thread:
This photo was taken at either the RNZAF base at Jaquinot Bay or at Piva, from where it flew to the former under escort by RNZAF Corsairs (the same in the background, perhaps?). It wears the all- over white, with green crosses surrender scheme, but with the nasal area left unpainted. Notice also the lower section of each undercarriage door is missing.
This is the same Zero today:
On display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
This picture was hijacked from earlier in this thread:
This photo was taken at either the RNZAF base at Jaquinot Bay or at Piva, from where it flew to the former under escort by RNZAF Corsairs (the same in the background, perhaps?). It wears the all- over white, with green crosses surrender scheme, but with the nasal area left unpainted. Notice also the lower section of each undercarriage door is missing.
This is the same Zero today:
On display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
The Zero! 
Thanks Wurger. Yours too.
Here's some more. (Copied from a private source)
Fa 223
This helicopter bears the distinction of being the first to have flown across the English Channel; On 4 September 1945, test pilot Hans-Helmut Gerstenhauer flew the helicopter from Abbeville to Lympne. It was the V14 prototype coded 'DM+SR' and had initially surrendered to the Americans and was painted in US markings, but due to lack of space aboard the bounty carrier Reaper, the a/c was handed to the British. This picture shows it in the UK.
Ju 52/3m
Oddly enough, this aircraft is actually a war prize, as British European Airways put a number of these former Luftwaffe machines into airline service post war. In the Channel Islands in particular they proved unpopular and there were many complaints since the Channel Islanders suffered under Nazi occupation during WW2.
Me 262
This aircraft was repaired to flying condition and flew to Farnborough from Twente in Holland. Note the Mosquito at left. Its serial is MM913. This might be the Me 262 on display at the RAF Museum.
Last but not least.
An interior shot of the display area of the Enemy Aircraft Exhibition held by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough from 29 October to 9 November 1945. In the foreground can be seen a Bf 109G-14 with an Fw 190A-4 to the right. Next row back is an Fa 330a and Ju 88G-6, Next row are two He 162s, an Me 163B-1a and a Horten IV glider behind the '163, not visible behind the Ju 88, with a Bv 155B against the back wall and an Olympia Meise glider suspended from the ceiling. The parachute at the rear right is from the tail section of an Ar 234B.
Fa 223
This helicopter bears the distinction of being the first to have flown across the English Channel; On 4 September 1945, test pilot Hans-Helmut Gerstenhauer flew the helicopter from Abbeville to Lympne. It was the V14 prototype coded 'DM+SR' and had initially surrendered to the Americans and was painted in US markings, but due to lack of space aboard the bounty carrier Reaper, the a/c was handed to the British. This picture shows it in the UK.
Ju 52/3m
Oddly enough, this aircraft is actually a war prize, as British European Airways put a number of these former Luftwaffe machines into airline service post war. In the Channel Islands in particular they proved unpopular and there were many complaints since the Channel Islanders suffered under Nazi occupation during WW2.
Me 262
This aircraft was repaired to flying condition and flew to Farnborough from Twente in Holland. Note the Mosquito at left. Its serial is MM913. This might be the Me 262 on display at the RAF Museum.
Last but not least.
An interior shot of the display area of the Enemy Aircraft Exhibition held by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough from 29 October to 9 November 1945. In the foreground can be seen a Bf 109G-14 with an Fw 190A-4 to the right. Next row back is an Fa 330a and Ju 88G-6, Next row are two He 162s, an Me 163B-1a and a Horten IV glider behind the '163, not visible behind the Ju 88, with a Bv 155B against the back wall and an Olympia Meise glider suspended from the ceiling. The parachute at the rear right is from the tail section of an Ar 234B.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great stuff.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Gees, to own everything in that last photo..........
...And out of all of it, only the Me 163, the Bachstelze, one of the He 162s and the Olympia Meise survived! Vandals.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Florence
Senior Airman
Well maybe not the whole aircraft but put to good use anyways....
David.
David.
