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Messerschmitt Me 262
Image Gallery: Incidents & Accidents


Destroyed Me 262's in a devastated factory.
[Source: Unknown]


An disabled Me 262 abandoned after U.S. forces overran the airfield. Werk Number 111685. Formerly 9K+FH of KG 51 which later went to JV 44. Shows the aircraft dispersed in a part of Hofoldinger forest adjacent to the Salzburg-Munich Autobahn where a number of JV 44's aircraft were hidden.

[Source: Unknown]


Abandoned Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe jet fighter, Germany, 1945.
[Source: U.S. Air Force photo via Mark Allen Collection]


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