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06-18-2007, 11:49 AM
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| captured luftwaffe planes
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06-18-2007, 12:42 PM
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06-18-2007, 02:30 PM
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06-18-2007, 06:47 PM
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| Captain Eric Brown, in his book 'Wings of the Luftwaffe' describes in great detail 17 German aircraft he flew as the Royal Navy's Chief Test Pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. In his foreword he mentions that in total he flew 55 different German aircraft, mostly at Farnborough but quite a number of them in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Austria and Germany itself. His book lists the following aircraft. Focke-Wulf 200C Focke-Wulf 190 Focke-Wulf 189 Arado 234B Heinkel 162 Heinkel 177 Heinkel 111 Heinkel 219 Junkers 87 Junkers 88 Junkers 52/3M Dornier 217 Dornier 335 Messerschmitt 109 Messerschmitt 262 Messerschmitt 110 Messerschmitt 163 I wonder how many of these aircraft were seen in the skies over England and Europe with British markings during and after the war? Last edited by Graeme; 06-18-2007 at 07:02 PM. |
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06-19-2007, 10:56 AM
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| For certain the 109 and 190 would have been seen, along with the 110, 111 and 88. I don't think many 262s would have been flying around for everyone to see.
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06-19-2007, 11:14 AM
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| Hi all... With regards the Me262 in the UK, from the pages of "War Prizes" by Phil Butler, at least two were flight tested. AirMin.51, a Me262A-2a WNr.112372 from 19th September 1945 thru to 29th November 1945 it made several test flights there totalling some 8hrs 15min flight time... AirMin.81, a Me262A-2a WNr.500200 made 11 flights at the RAE totalling 5hrs 35mins. Cheers, Peter D Evans LEMB Administrator |
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06-22-2007, 07:03 PM
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| I've seen pictures somewhere, of a 262 being testflown at Seymour IN after the war, I think they did a good bit of testing Luftwaffe planes there (it's not too far from Wright-Patterson, maybe they arrived in Seymour for lunch or something). |
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