Beneath scans from my Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe real photo and slides collection.
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| Me-262 B-1a werknummer 110306, “Ole Fruit Cake” taken in the USA after it was captured and transferred in 1945. |
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| Me-262 A2a werknummer 110813 operated by KG51 “Edelweiss” as fighter-bomber. Picture was taken in 1944. |
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| Me-262 B-1a werknummer 110639, preserved at NAS Willow Grove, USA around 1978. |
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| Me-262 A-1a werknummer 112372, preserved and on static display at Gaydon September 1966. It carried a fantasy camouflage pattern without any markings except the badge of JG7. This picture is from an original slide (Harry Prins Collection) |
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| Me-262 A-1a werknummer 112372. This is another (but black and white) picture of this preserved ME-262 at Gaydon in September 1966. It shows the other side of the aircraft. |
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| Me-262 A-1a werknummer 112372, preserved and on static display at Gaydon September, 20th, 1969. It had received back its original werknummer on the tail and also wears the “Gelbe 7” which it had during its operational life with JG7 in 1945. |
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| Me-262 A-1a werknummer 112372, preserved and on static display at Finningley in September 1975. It had received back its original werknummer on the tail and the “Rote X” but it is lacking any squadron markings. |
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| Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500200, formerly “Schwarze X” operated by KG51, here preserved without serial or squadron markings at Point Cook RAAF Museum, Australia in the seventies. |
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| Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500453, seen here at the Planes of Fame location, Ontario in the 60s or early 70s. It wears no markings but has a dotted color scheme already. |
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| Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500453, seen here at the Planes of Fame location, Ontario in the 60s or early 70s. It wears no markings but has a dotted color scheme already. |
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| Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500453, preserved as white lined “Rote 13” at the Planes of Fame museum, Ontario late 70s. It wears the markings of JG7. |
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| Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500453, preserved as white lined “Rote 13” at the Planes of Fame museum, Ontario late 70s. It wears the markings of JG7. |
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| Again Me-262 A-1a/U3 werknummer 500453, preserved as white lined “Rote 13” at the Planes of Fame museum, Ontario in 1975. It wears the markings of JG7. This “Rote 13” was carried at least till July 1980. That year it was refurbished and received a new code “Weisse 9”. |
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| Messerschmitt ME-262A-a/U3 recce aircraft, captured in 1945. On the nose “Lady Jess IV” has been painted by US soldiers.Sadly till today the werknummer of this aircraft is still unknown. |
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| Avia Licence built Me-262 B-1a CS-92-5 “V-35”, can be found preserved inside the Czech “Letecké” Air Force Museum at Kbely for many years, seen here in 1990. Later it was refurbished and transferred to a Luftwaffe B-1a/U1 code “A” and put on display nside the museum. |
| Latest update : 19-4-2023 |
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