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262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

This is the very aircraft we started with I am not sure where or when this shot was taken I am guessing France late 44 or 45?

CWBuff · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

The bird to the left looks to be a Zeke, so my guess would be stateside post-war.

Interesting photo, and one I've not seen before. Might we have a closer look?

Either way, thanks for sharing it here.

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262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

I believe the A/C to the left might be an FW 190?

CWBuff · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

The gear door is the wrong shape for a 190, and the angles don't jive. The gear on the Zeke was more
or less straight up and down, when viewed from head-on... while that of the 190 angled inward. The
190 gear also angled forward quite a bit more than the Zeke's gear. This may be tough for some to
see in these images, but if you look at other shots of these two types you'll see what I mean.

Also, there is no retraction strut as found on the 190...

_Zeke__________________Your Photo________190__________________

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Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:36 am

Talk about putting that myth to bed! :wink:

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Could it be Willow Grove NAS?

They posessed both types after the war and the ME 262 is still there.

Its hard to tell but some of the buildings under the right wing and the tree line across the field may match WGNAS

Tigercat · **Joined:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 288

I think these planes could be at Wright Field, Dayton Ohio. I was at the NMUSAF at the end of last September and had the fantastic luck to run into Colonel Ken Chilstrom.

Col. Chilstrom was sent to Wright Field after flying 80 missions with the 27th Fighter/Bomb Group in 1943. At Wright he became involved with flying and testing all captured Axis aircraft. Eventually Ken became the Commander of the Fighter Test Division at Wright Field. He told me that there was a large assortment of enemy fighters and bombers that were flown and stored at Wright field during WWII and afterwards.

Some of these test aircraft were held and became part of the NMUSAF collection as I understand it.

Ted

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

http://www.dvhaa.org/gallery_me262/me-262-tour.htm
This is how she looks today.

RickH · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:11 pm

Wasn't most of the foreign aircraft USAAF testing done at Freeman Field ?

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

I think some testing was also done at Wright-Patterson?

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