Operators Nazi Germany Luftwaffe Russia Russian Liberation Army Air Force (one or two Me 262 assigned) (Vlasovs Air Force mentions two Me 262 machines assigned.) Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force (postwar, nine S-92 and three CS-92) Survivors Me 262A-2a (Black X), Australia, 2012. Me 262B-1a/U1 (Red 8), S. Africa, 2008. Me 262 B-1a (White 35), Willow Grove, Pa., 2007. Me 262A and its Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine (Yellow 5), Dayton, 2007 . Me 262A, W.Nr.500071 White 3, III./JG 7 Deutsches Museum,[93] Munich, Germany. This aircraft, flown by Hans Guido Mutke while a pilot of 9. Staffel/JG 7, was confiscated by Swiss authorities on 25 April 1945 after Mutke made an emergency landing in Switzerland due to lack of fuel (80 litres were remaining, 35 litres were usually burnt in one minute). Me 262 A-1a Reconstructed from parts of crashed and incomplete Me 262s. Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Germany. Me 262 A-1a W.Nr.501232 Yellow 5, 3./KG(J)6 National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Me 262 A-1a/U3 W.Nr.500453 Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, Washington, USA, currently in US undergoing restoration to flying condition. It is intended to fly using its original Jumo 004 engines.[94] The aircraft was bought from The Planes Of Fame, Chino, California. Me 262 A-1a W.Nr.500491 Yellow 7, II./JG 7 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Me 262 A-2a W.Nr.112372 RAF Museum Hendon, London, United Kingdom. Me 262 A-2a W.Nr.500200 Black X 9K+XK, 2 Staffel./KG 51 Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia. Built at Regensburg in March 1945, same batch from which the Deutsches Museum White 3 was built. Flown by Fahnenjunker Oberfeldwebel Fröhlich and surrendered at Fassberg. She remains the only Me 262 left in existence wearing her original (albeit worn, as seen in the picture) colours. Her markings show both the Unit signatures along with the Air Ministry colours applied at Farnborough, where she was allocated reference Air Min 81. Restoration was completed in 1985 and aircraft was put up on display. Me 262 B-1a/U1, W.Nr.110305 Red 8 South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa. Me 262 B-1a, W.Nr.110639 White 35 National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida (previously at NAS/JRB Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA) Avia S-92 Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely, Prague, Czech Republic. Avia CS-92 Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely, Prague, Czech Republic. Specifications (Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a) General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 10.60 m (34 ft 9 in) Wingspan: 12.60 m (41 ft 6 in) Height: 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) Wing area: 21.7 m² (234 ft²) Empty weight: 3,795 kg[97] (8,366 lb) Loaded weight: 6,473 kg[97] (14,272 lb) Max. takeoff weight: 7,130 kg[97] (15,720 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojets, 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf) each Aspect ratio: 7.32 Performance Maximum speed: 900 km/h (559 mph) Range: 1,050 km (652 mi) Service ceiling: 11,450 m (37,565 ft) Rate of climb: 1,200 m/min (At max weight of 7,130 kg) (3,900 ft/min) Thrust/weight: 0.28 Armament Guns: 4 × 30 mm MK 108 cannon (A-2a: two cannon) Rockets: 24 × 55 mm (2.2 in) R4M rockets Bombs: 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2 × 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs (A-2a variant) r/max
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