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Watson's Whizzers - Saving the Me262
Posted on: 2010-05-26 17:45:17 After Germany's surrender, U.S. pilots and mechanics under Colonel Harold Watson successfully returned 10 surviving Me-262s to the air By Phil Scott @ History Net Late in World II, Lieutenant Robert Anspach was flying cover in his P-47 Thunderbolt for a group of B-26 Marauders near the Messerschmitt factory airfield at Lechfeld, Germany. From out of nowhere an enemy airplane suddenly rocketed past, blasting off a few rounds. It looked like nothing the Americans had seen before. Ever. Wow, thought Anspach. "Would you look at him!" one pilot exclaimed over the radio. "Let's go get him," another said. By that time, he was gone. That was Anspach's introduction to the Me-262. Read on... |