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[Wurger]

Me262V-10 towed drop tank

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IMHO, it is not the jettisoned fuel tank but the SC 1000 bomb.

 

[Snautzer01]

IMHO, it is not the jettisoned fuel tank but the SC 1000 bomb.

It looks a lot like a SG4004 Schleppgeräte

See Heinkel He177 Greif

Heinkel He177 Greif

Flyable droptank prototype He177A-3 Emblem keine bombe

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[Wurger]

It looks a lot like a SG4004 Schleppgeräte

See Heinkel He177 Greif

Heinkel He177 Greif

Flyable droptank prototype He177A-3 Emblem keine bombe

ww2aircraft.net

Actually not .. it is not similar.

here the SG4004 ...

the one with the SC1000 bomb ...

and the SG 5041 ...

 

[mig2830]

*PHOTO* Captured German Me-262 Jet Two-Seat Night Fighter ~ Excellent | eBay

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There is something wrong here with the date of this. The aircraft is WNr. 110305 and that became Air Min 50 and was the first to be flown from Schleswig-Land to Farnborough on May 18, 1945. so ith cannot be June 6!

 

[mig2830]

Actually no. 305. She was the "Red 8" orginally. The W.Nr. 110305 found in Schleswig-Jagel in June 1945.

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The time for this photo is not June but early May, 1945. It is taken between May 5 and May 18, 1945. Red 8, WNr. 110305 were flow out from Schleswig-Land on May 18, being captured on May 5.

 

[Luftquest]

I just had to register and reply. Excellent picks of white 1. I can pinpoint Exactly where that plane sat when the picks were taken. Many moons ago I spent almost 2 years trying to find the "jet" that landed on that civil airfield. Thank you for the new pics!!!!

 

[Luftquest]

The time for this photo is not June but early May, 1945. It is taken between May 5 and May 18, 1945. Red 8, WNr. 110305 were flow out from Schleswig-Land on May 18, being captured on May 5.

I haven't been into these picks in 10 years. 305 was the number the Brit's gave it (brushing off cobwebs so fact check). It was handed over to Col. Watson and his Wizzers, flown to letchfield for an overhaul, ferried to milan France with 8 other jets. Put on a ship and taken to New York. Then flown landing in PA to end the journey at Wright Patterson AFB. 2 were lost during the movement. It is possible I am mistaking 305 with 303. I'd half to go over my archives.

 

[GrauGeist]

I haven't been into these picks in 10 years. 305 was the number the Brit's gave it (brushing off cobwebs so fact check). It was handed over to Col. Watson and his Wizzers, flown to letchfield for an overhaul, ferried to milan France with 8 other jets. Put on a ship and taken to New York. Then flown landing in PA to end the journey at Wright Patterson AFB. 2 were lost during the movement. It is possible I am mistaking 305 with 303. I'd half to go over my archives.

It was 305, that was the last three digits of it's WrkNmr: 110305

 

[Luftquest]

It was 305, that was the last three digits of it's WrkNmr: 110305

Refresh my memory, is that the 2 seater at Willow Grove?

2 were brought over. 1 trainer and the other a night fighter

Sorry for my confusion. Looked it up. Red 8 is in Africa. I'm getting old

 

[GrauGeist]

Red 8 was initially a two-seat trainer, but was fitted with a radar and used as a "Nachtjager".

 

[mig2830]

Red 8 was initially a two-seat trainer, but was fitted with a radar and used as a "Nachtjager".

No, that is not correct. The two seated night fighters were all converted from single seat to two seat night fighter configuration by Deutche Lufthansa works at Staken near Berlin. There has been a lot of confusion about this, two seated trainer aircrafts fitted with radar to become night fighters.

The fact is, that the only component shared between the trainer and the night fighter was the 400 l rear main fuel tank under the rear cockpit. The rear cockpit of the night fighter are compleatly different to the trainer and NONE trainers were converted into night fighters.

So Red 8 was "born" as a nightfighter in early April 1945 as one of only 7 aircrafts in build as night fighters.

 

[GrauGeist]

No, that is not correct. The two seated night fighters were all converted from single seat to two seat night fighter configuration by Deutche Lufthansa works at Staken near Berlin. There has been a lot of confusion about this, two seated trainer aircrafts fitted with radar to become night fighters.

The fact is, that the only component shared between the trainer and the night fighter was the 400 l rear main fuel tank under the rear cockpit. The rear cockpit of the night fighter are compleatly different to the trainer and NONE trainers were converted into night fighters.

So Red 8 was "born" as a nightfighter in early April 1945 as one of only 7 aircrafts in build as night fighters.

Sorry, no.

Three Me262B-1a two-seat trainers were converted to /U4 nachtjagers by Blohm und Voss at their Wenzendort facility.

The three were WrkNmr 110305, 110306 and 110307.

After conversion, all three were assigned to 10./NJG11 and were Red 8, Red 6 and Red 4, respectively.

Red 4 (110307) was said to have had two MG151/20 cannons fitted in a "schräge muzik" configuration.