Post-World War 2 Displays of Captured Aircraft

Loads of photos at NARA, surprisingly quite a few in Navy Record Groups.

" snipped-for-privacy@aol.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

Look for "Strangers in a Strange Land" on eBay. That's where I got my copy. Also, "War Prizes". Good luck.

TF

By far the most comprehensive reference on this subject (mentioned by TForward) is 'War Prizes,' by Butler (Midland Counties Publications [UK], 1994; 320 pages). Other good books on captured Luftwaffe aircraft are 'The Captive Luftwaffe,' by West (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1978; 147 pages); 'Les Avions Allemands aux Couleurs Francaises, Tome 1,' by Ricco and Soumille (Editions Lela Presse [France], 1997; in French; 105 pages); and 'Les Avions Allemands aux Couleurs Francaises, Tome 2,' by Ricco, Soumille and Courrier (Editions Lela Presse [France], 1997; in French; 92 pages).

The two 'Strangers in a Strange Land' volumes mentioned by TForward:

Stapfer: 'Strangers in a Strange Land' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1988;

Stapfer and Kuenzle: 'Strangers in a Strange Land, Vol. II: Escape to Neutrality' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1992; 80 pages)

cover only Allied aircraft captured by the Germans or Swiss, respectively.

Charles Metz

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Wasn't one of the displays at Anacostia or Patuxent NAS?

KL

Both places had captured test aircraft and Anacostia did have a display. The famous white FW-190 with red nose was based at Pax River. The thing is there are far more captured aircraft than were at either base in the Navy RG's at NARA, my suspicion is the Navy sent photographers to all the various displays and that's how they ended up in the Navy photo files.

I don't know whether there is a book on the subject, but on my Me 163B Komet site I have pages that shows two such displays:

Hyde Park exhibition, 16-22 September 1945:

Rob