Display Status:

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Collection Item Summary:

A portion of the tail section of a German WW-II Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a (FE-111), tail #45-00491, circa 1950s. Note pilots kill 'Record', 1 P-51, 1 P-47, 5 B-17 and 42 Russian Planes.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics, Military
  • Airplanes
  • World War, 1939-1945

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Restrictions & Rights

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photographer

Unknown

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Date

Circa 1950s

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-NAM-A-4365

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