Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe (Swallow)

By Htam

@Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

December 2014

The Deutsches Museum in Munich is one of the great technology museums of the world, and I was fortunate to visit the facility during a recent vacation.  Several of the Wonder-Weapons developed near the end of the war are on display, including this Me-262A.   Luftwaffe pilot Hans Guido Mutke landed this aircraft in Switzerland after a mission where the plane was impounded.  Swiss authorities never attempted to fly the plane, keeping it in storage and returning it to Germany in 1957.  Nikon D7000 w/18-200mm, processed with Photomatix Pro and Aperture.