Editing Messerschmitt Me 262 (section)

==Surviving aircraft==
[[File:Me 262A-2a AirMin 81 Werknummer 500200 b.jpg|thumb|Me 262A-2a (Black X), Australia, 2012]]
[[File:Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a Red8.jpg|thumb|Me 262B-1a/U1 (Red 8), South Africa, 2008]]
[[File:Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a.jpg|thumb|Me 262 B-1a (White 35), at Willow Grove, Pa., in 2007; relocated to and on display in Pensacola, Florida]]
[[File:Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe (27789624790).jpg|thumb|Me 262A and its [[Junkers Jumo 004]] turbojet engine (Yellow 5), [[NMUSAF]]-Dayton, 2007]]

; Me 262 A-1a/R7, W.Nr.500071 ''White 3'', III./JG 7
: [[Deutsches Museum]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/collections/transport/aeronautics/jets/messerschmitt-me-262/ |title = Inv.-No.: 73736 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214217/http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/collections/transport/aeronautics/jets/messerschmitt-me-262/ |archive-date = 23 September 2015 |publisher = Deutsches Museum |access-date = 11 April 2010}}</ref> [[Munich, Germany]]. This aircraft, flown by [[Hans Guido Mutke]] while a pilot of 9. Staffel/''JG'' 7, was confiscated by Swiss authorities on 25 April 1945 after Mutke made an emergency landing in Switzerland due to lack of fuel (80 litres were remaining, 35 litres were usually burnt in one minute).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/collections/jet-aircraft/messerschmitt-me-262/ |title = Deutsches Museum: Messerschmitt Me 262 |website = www.deutsches-museum.de |access-date = 8 May 2017 |archive-date = 10 January 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170110042011/http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/collections/jet-aircraft/messerschmitt-me-262/ }}</ref>
; Me 262 A-1a
: Reconstructed from parts of crashed and incomplete Me 262s. [[Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr]], Germany.
; Me 262 A-1a W.Nr.501232 ''Yellow 5'', 3./KG(J)6
: [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]], Dayton, Ohio, US.
; Me 262 A-1a/U3 W.Nr.500453
: [[Flying Heritage Collection]], [[Everett, Washington]], [[United States]], currently undergoing restoration to flying condition. It is intended to fly using its original Jumo 004 engines.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.internetmodeler.com/2005/february/aviation/FHC.php |title = The Flying Heritage Collection |publisher = Internet Modeler |access-date = 29 June 2013}}</ref> The aircraft was bought from the [[Planes of Fame Air Museum]], [[Chino, California]].
; Me 262 A-1a/R7 W.Nr.500491 ''Yellow 7'', II./JG 7
: [[National Air and Space Museum]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]. Possesses twin original underwing racks for 24 R4M unguided rockets. Flown by ''Oberfeldwebel'' [[Heinz Arnold]]{{sfn|Morgan|Weal|1998|pp=35, 94}}
; Me 262 A-1a W.Nr.112372
: [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]] [[RAF Cosford]], [[Cosford, Shropshire|Cosford]], [[United Kingdom]].
; Me 262 A-2a W.Nr.500200 ''Black X 9K+XK'', 2 ''Staffel''./KG 51
: [[Australian War Memorial]], Canberra, Australia. Built at Regensburg in March 1945, same batch from which the Deutsches Museum ''White 3'' was built. Flown by Fahnenjunker Oberfeldwebel Fröhlich and surrendered at Fassberg. It remains the only Me 262 left in existence wearing original (albeit worn, as seen in the picture) colours. Its markings show both the Unit signatures along with the [[Air Ministry]] colours applied at [[Royal Aircraft Establishment|Farnborough]], where it was allocated reference ''Air Min 81''. Restoration was completed in 1985 and the aircraft was put up on display.{{sfn|Butler|1994|p=94}} The Australian War Memorial's website states that the aircraft "is the only Me 262 bomber variant to survive, and is the only remaining Me 262 wearing its original paint".<ref>{{cite web |title = Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft: KG51 Luftwaffe |url = https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL/08385.001 |website = Collection |publisher = Australian War Memorial |access-date = 28 January 2017}}</ref>
; Me 262 B-1a/U1, W.Nr.110305 ''Red 8''
: [[South African National Museum of Military History]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].
; Me 262 B-1a, W.Nr.110639 ''White 35''
: [[National Museum of Naval Aviation]], [[Pensacola, Florida]] (previously at [[Naval Air Station Willow Grove|NAS/JRB Willow Grove]], [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]], US)
; Avia S-92
: [[Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely]], [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]].
; Avia CS-92
: Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely, Prague, Czech Republic.