Page 56 - Model Airplane International - Issue 175 (February 2020)

IN DETAIL

MESSERSCHMITT ME262:

THE LUFTWAFFE’S STORMBIRD

PHOTOGRAPHED AND WRITTEN BY SPENCER POLLARD

s aviation enthusiasts, we are captures the imagination more than the late- Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida
very lucky to be able to see some war German jets that so shocked the Allies, and the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, in
wonderful examples of classic at a time when WWII was drawing to a close. the heart of the English countryside. We have
warbirds, both as static exhibits Over the next few pages we bring you two not provided captions for the images, letting
A in museums and then as fl ying examples of these wonderful machines, both each speak for themselves. We hope that you
machines at many of the world’s airshows. ‘262s, albeit different versions, as seen in two enjoy seeing these aircraft in print, as much as
Perhaps nothing within this sphere of interest of the world’s fi nest museums: the National we enjoyed seeing them in the fl esh. ■

NATIONAL NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM PENSACOLA

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