NASM Me 163 Komet - in GA?

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:02 am

G'day,
The references I have suggest that the NASM's Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Wrk Nr 191301 is still on display at the Mighty Eighth War Museum in Savannah, Georgia. However the Might Eighth museum's website doesn't list it. Meanwhile the Smithsonian's website does the classic out of date website trick: "Plans call for its return to the National Air and Space Museum for display in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in 2003".

Where is it? And does anyone have any good quality pics of it?

TIA.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:22 am

It is back at Garber

Dave

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:40 am

Pretty sure it's on display at udvar hazey. Let me check my pics

RMAllnutt · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:48 am

I was at Udvar Hazey a couple of days ago, and the Me-163 was definitely not on display. My guess is that it's still back at Silver Hill, as Dave mentioned.

Cheers,
Richard

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:50 pm

Does this mean it is close to being put on display at Udavr Hazy?

b747cf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:11 pm

Here is a photo of it at the 8 Air Force Museum.
http://picasaweb.google.com/b747cf/Figh ... 2614284370

Mark Fidler

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:14 pm

Thanks Mark. In my humble opinion they folks at the NASM should put it on display just the way it looks now!

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Sorry for diggin up an old post, but I searched and didn't see an update...
It is on display at the Udvar Hazy Center now, I took these on Saturday:

hang the expense · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 11:44 pm

That is so cool.I hope they leave it just the way it is.What a deadly little bugger it was.To both 8th AF guys and to the Komet pilots as well.

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

Deadly? What like 16 kills for the entire fleet for the entire war. Hartman did that on a decent day to the Russians before lunch...........

Mark H
(Waiting for a chance to say that)

JDK · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2012 1:50 am

Wow, 2009 thread return... Thanks for the pics! The book the question was for has been out for some time.

http://mmpbooks.biz/mmp/books.php?book_id=114

Nice pics and good to see the aircraft's been conserved, not restored, as per the Smithsonian's requirements.

Regards,

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