Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 - W.Nr.110306 - coded "Red 6" of IV./NJG11 - also allocated 999 in the Watson Whizzer series. Shipped to the US and allocated FE-610 USA 2 - Ole' Fruit Cake (Repro)
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FE-610 Messerschmitt Me.262B-1a/U1 (WkNr 110306) 'Red 6' 10/NJG11, Luftwaffe. Surrendered to RAF at Schleswig-Jagel, Germany, it was transferred to the USAAF, becoming Watson's Whizzers '999', before being shipped to the US. Evaluated as FE-610, but later e-serialed T-2-610 it was named "Ole Fruit Cake" and "Schwalbe". Scrapped at Freeman Field, IN, circa 1950.
The complete name was "Der Schwalbe"
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