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:
One-half right front view of a US captured Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (USAF designation FE-107), on the ground, Wright Field. Caption reads: "Details, at Vandalia". The aircraft's canopy is open. A crewman, sitting on the fuselage, fuels the aircraft. July 26, 1945.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Military
- Airplanes, Military
- Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane)
- Military Aircraft
- World War, 1939-1945