Back in October, 2014 members of the Deelen Air Base Museum near Arnhem in the Netherlands discovered the substantial remains of a Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe jet fighter. They discovered the battered parts of the aircraft purely by accident while excavating a filled-in WWII bomb crater at the airfield. They chose to dig in the area since bomb craters were often convenient dumping areas to fill with rubbish during the frantic days of WWII. What was rubbish 70 years ago though can be treasure today, but even so it was a great surprise when the distinctive, if somewhat battered and corroded nose of the Me-262 emerged from the soil, complete with its four gun ports. The easily recognizeable windshield, with its heavily armored glass also appeared, as well as two MK-108 30mm nose-mounted cannon. …. and then the wing sections started to appear!
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