Messerschmitt Me 262 Family. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

View of the flight deck aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier H.M.S. Reaper which left from Cherbourg, France, July 1945, for the United States. Many Messerschmitt Me 262's can be seen on deck with protective covering on the aircraft.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

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

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Restrictions & Rights

Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm

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Unknown

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Date

July 1945

Repository Loc.

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

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-00149280

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