ebay: Messerschmitt Me210 \ Me410 (1 Viewer)

Gnomey · May 3, 2025

Nice shots!

Snautzer01 · May 7, 2025

2N+ER 2N+FR ZG26

Snautzer01 · May 7, 2025

BN+CO ZG26

Bitte entschuldigen Sie die Störung...

Wurger · May 7, 2025

Gnomey · May 10, 2025

Good shots!

Snautzer01 · May 16, 2025

GrauGeist said:
Well, you got me thinking (scary, yes) and while doing so, seemed to recall that there was another photo, quite similar, with a guy in a jeep looking at an abandoned Me262 along the highway.

So I did a little digging around and "Voila!!"

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Here's a photo of an Me262 of Jv44 taken along the Salzburg-Munich Autobahn, in the Hofoldinger Forest area.

Note the guy in the jeep...the same jeep as in the Me410 photo (US Army s/n 2084641). Also notice the camouflage is as dead as the branches covering the Me410.

Also, this Me262 (WkNmr 111685) was originally assigned to Kg51 as 9K+FH...

On 8May 1943, I./Kg51 was converted to Me410 aircraft and eventually acquired Me262 fighter/bombers after being relocated on the Western front. It appears that Jv44 operated alongside Kg51 (and any other surviving units), as Jv44's last area of operations were the Salzburg area, which is most likely the reason why Kg51's Me262 was in Jv44's service at the end.

So I feel pretty sure that the aircraft in the first photo is a Me410.

* And Terry, I think you're right. Perhaps they attempted to get more detail out of the image, as the other color images I've seen seem to be over-contrasted (washed out).