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 Identifier

NASM.2017.0014

Date

bulk 1945

Provenance

W. Daniel Porter, Gift, 2016

Extent

287 Megabytes

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 14 digital image scans of the following German aircraft and missiles, probably largely taken at the Messerschmitt complex in Oberammergau, Germany, after its capture by American Forces in 1945: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow); Enzian Flak Missile; Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Sparrow) Volksjager (People's Fighter); Feuerlilie (Fire Lily) F-55 Missile; Messerschmitt Me 262; Messerschmitt P.1101; and the Heinkel-Hirth 109-011 (HeS 011) Turbojet.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

World War II German Aircraft and Missile Photography [Porter], Accession 2017-0014, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane)

World War, 1939-1945

Aeronautics

Rocketry

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow)

Heinkel-Hirth 109-011 (HeS 011) Turbojet

Messerschmitt P.110

Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Sparrow) Volksjager (People's Fighter)

Feuerlilie (Fire Lily) F-55 Missile

Enzian Flak Missile

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Megabytes

Digital images