Messerschmitt Me262 Swalbe - Set of Photos

German Scout Messerschmitt Me-262 A-Ia/U3 “Lady Jess IV”, captured by the Americans. In the background is visible a part of another Messerschmitt ME-262

Damaged German fighter Messerschmitt Me-262, captured by US Army in Salzburg. The engine fighter is set with the German anti-tank mine Tellermine 42. Probably this machine was prepared for demolition. Rauchen Verboten means “no smoking”

Set of 52 drawings of Messerschmitt Me262 Swalbe

Me 262 V 1 with an engine Jumo 210G

REIMAHG - incomplete nest for Swalben

 

Part of an aerial view of the site, taken by British photo-reconnaissance on
19 March 1945. The Walpersberg with its hilltop runway is at the top.
A tiny Me 262 can be seen just at the top of the ramp, beside the runway.
Various bunkers and assembly buildings can be seen along the
 cleared area at the bottom of the slope, to the right of the ramp bottom.
The dark blotches on the runway, to the right of the ramp,
were an incomplete attempt at painted camouflage.
(Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee (CIOS) -
Underground Factories in Central Germany, London, 1945)

"One of the most remarkable advancements made by the German military in World War II was the production of turbine-jet aircraft. The most famous of these was the Messerschmitt Me 262, developed beginning in 1938 and fielded in 1944. A special production facility was started in 1944, for quicker assembly line manufacture. Due to the setup at the main Messerschmitt factories, fast assembly line production was not possible, and these sites were vulnerable to Allied bombing. Accordingly, a company called Flugzeugwerke Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (REIMAHG for short) was formed as a subsidiary of the Gustloff Nazi industrial complex. REIMAHG eventually became concerned only with the Me 262, and its main production facility was located in an old sand mine for porcelain production in the Walpersberg Hill near Kahla (south of Jena) --   Codename "Lachs" ("Salmon").

Aircraft on the runway after being pulled by a lift

Luftwaffe Aircraft on Lübeck Airport, 1946

Pictures come from Gerald Trevor Roberts archive, who served in the RAF during WW2.  To see more read all article HERE

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Note on the performance in flight of the jet-propelled aircraft Me262, He162, Ar234. October, 1945

Note on the performance in the flight of the jet-propelled aircraft, October 1945: LINK