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    Airframe Family: Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet / J8M Shusui / MXY
    Latest Model:Me-163B-1a Komet
    Construction Number:191095
    Compressed ID:Messerschmitt Me-163B-1a cn 191095
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Me-163B-1a.

    Circa August 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe.

    Circa August 1944

    Transferred to Jagdgeschwader [Fighter Wing] 400 (JG 400), Brandis, Germany.

    1945

    Assigned s/n AM211 with the Royal Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.
    Captured by the British at Husum, Germany.
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    1945

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped to Farnborough, England.

    9 September 1946

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived Montreal, Quebec having been shipped from Salford Docks, Manchester, England.

    September 1946

    To RCAF Station Saint Jean, QC.
    Displayed as gate guard.

    Assigned to RCAF Station Saint Jean, QC for storage.
    Stored derelict in open compound.

    1957

    To Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON.

    From 1964 to 1999

    To Canadian National Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe, ON.

    From 1978 to 1985

    Loaned to United States Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    June 1978


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1985

    Returned from loan to Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa, ON.
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    1994


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the National Aviation Museum.

    1994


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the National Aviation Museum.

    1994


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the National Aviation Museum.

    1994


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the National Aviation Museum.

    December 1999

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Mike Henniger
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