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Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
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Series I-A - Aircraft Files
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[People inspecting Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype aircraft]
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Identifier
2008-03-31_image_036
Source
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers (2008-03-31), Messerschmitt Me 262V, V-1 Prints Folder
Series
2008-03-31, Series I-A
Description
Photograph of people inspecting a Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype aircraft, circa 1940s.
Inscription on verso by Bowers: "The first four ME 262's had tailwheel landing gear changed to tricycle because downward jet blast damaged the pavement and blew debris up onto the tail. Note wire-screen cover over jet inlet."
Creation Date
circa 1940s
Subject
Messerschmitt Me 262 Prototypes (V-Series)
Airplanes, Military
Germany. Luftwaffe
Germany. Air Force
World War, 1939-1945
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photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of Flight
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[People inspecting Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype aircraft]
, [2008-03-31_image_036]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 11/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/10197
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