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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:
Left side front view of a captured Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a (USAF designation FE-107) on the ground at Wright Field being fueled by a crewman sitting on the fuselage. Engine panels have been removed. July 26, 1945. Original caption: "German Messerschmitt ME 262, FE 107, details, at Vandalia 7-26-1945.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Military
- Airplanes, Military
- Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane)
- Military Aircraft
- World War, 1939-1945
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
United States Air Force
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Date
7/26/1945
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-7A33452
