Registration / Serial: | VH519 |
Other Marks: | 305 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A/U1 Schwalbe |
C/n (msn): | 110305 |
Operator Titles: | Germany - Air Force |
City / Area: | Johannesburg / Military History Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Country: | South Africa |
Collection: | National Museum of Military History |
Photo Date: | 24 September 2011 |
Photo by: | Derek GaynorContact |
Photo ID: | 205466Submit Correction |
View count: | 477 |
Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a/U1 (Wk. Nr. 110305), "Red 8", 10./NJG11, 305, two-seat trainer converted into a provisional night fighter version equipped with FuG 218 Neptun radar and Hirschgeweih (stag antler) eight-dipole antenna array. This aircraft was collected at Schleswig-Jagel, Germany in May 1945. "Red 8" flew operationally with Kurt Welters 10./NJG11 at Magdeburg. Very few survived the fighting, and this is the sole example remaining in existence.
Registration / Serial: | VH519 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A/U1 Schwalbe |
C/n (msn): | 110305 |
Operator Titles: | Germany - Air Force |
City / Area: | Johannesburg / Military History Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | South Africa |
Photo Date: | 24 September 2011 |
Photo by: | Derek GaynorContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH519 |
Other Marks: | 305 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A/U1 Schwalbe |
C/n (msn): | 110305 |
Operator Titles: | Germany - Air Force |
City / Area: | Johannesburg / Military History Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Country: | South Africa |
Collection: | National Museum of Military History |
Photo Date: | 24 September 2011 |
Photo by: | Derek GaynorContact |
Photo ID: | 205466Submit Correction |
View count: | 477 |
Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a/U1 (Wk. Nr. 110305), "Red 8", 10./NJG11, 305, two-seat trainer converted into a provisional night fighter version equipped with FuG 218 Neptun radar and Hirschgeweih (stag antler) eight-dipole antenna array. This aircraft was collected at Schleswig-Jagel, Germany in May 1945. "Red 8" flew operationally with Kurt Welters 10./NJG11 at Magdeburg. Very few survived the fighting, and this is the sole example remaining in existence.
Registration / Serial: | VH519 |
Aircraft Version: | Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A/U1 Schwalbe |
C/n (msn): | 110305 |
Operator Titles: | Germany - Air Force |
City / Area: | Johannesburg / Military History Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | South Africa |
Photo Date: | 24 September 2011 |
Photo by: | Derek GaynorContact |