Editing Dornier Do 335 (section)

==Surviving aircraft==
Only one Do 335 survives, the second preproduction Do 335 A-0, designated '''A-02''', with construction number  240 102=. The aircraft was assembled at the Dornier plant in [[Oberpfaffenhofen]], [[Bavaria]] on 16 April 1945. It was captured by Allied forces on 22 April. It was one of two Do 335s to be shipped to the United States along with other captured German aircraft, to be used for testing and evaluation under a USAAF program called "[[Operation Lusty]]". One Do 335 (registration FE-1012) went to the USAAF and was tested in early 1946 at [[Freeman Field]], [[Indiana]], USA. Its fate is not recorded.

VG+PH went to the Navy for evaluation and was sent to the Test and Evaluation Center, [[Patuxent River Naval Air Station]], [[Maryland]], USA. Following testing from 1945 to 1948, the aircraft languished in outside storage at [[Naval Air Station Norfolk]]. In 1961, it was donated to the Smithsonian's National Air Museum, though it remained in deteriorating condition at Norfolk for several more years before being moved to the [[National Air and Space Museum]]'s [[Paul Garber Restoration Facility|storage facility]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]]. In October 1974, VG+PH was returned to the Dornier plant in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (then building the [[Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet|Alpha Jet]]) for a complete restoration. In 1975, the aircraft was restored by Dornier employees, many of whom had worked on the airplane originally. They were surprised that the explosive charges built into the aircraft to blow off the dorsal fin and rear propeller prior to pilot ejection were still intact.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Forsyth |first=Robert |title=Dornier Do 335 (X-Planes) |date=2018 |publisher=Osprey |isbn=978-1472828897 |pages=104 |chapter=6 - Assessment and Legacy}}</ref>

Following restoration the completed aircraft was displayed at the [[Hannover, Germany]] Airshow from 1 May to 9 May 1976. After the air show, the aircraft was loaned to the [[Deutsches Museum]] in [[Munich]], where it was on display until 1988, when it was shipped back to Silver Hill, [[Maryland]]. It can be seen today in the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] of the [[National Air and Space Museum]] alongside other unique late-war German aircraft, including the only known example of the [[Arado Ar 234]] B-2 ''Blitz'' jet reconnaissance-bomber, and the fully restored fuselage and tail surfaces of the only complete surviving [[Heinkel He 219]]A ''Uhu'' (Eagle-Owl) night fighter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dornier Do 335 A-0 Pfeil (Arrow)|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/dornier-do-335-0-pfeil-arrow|website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|access-date=21 November 2016|archive-date=21 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121172155/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/dornier-do-335-0-pfeil-arrow|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lerche|first1=Hans-Werner|title=Der letzte Flug der Do 335|url=http://www.luftfahrttechnisches-museum-rechlin.de/archiv/details-zu/der_letzte_flug_der_do335.html|website=Luftfahrttechnisches Museum Rechlin|access-date=21 November 2016|language=de|date=May 1976}}</ref>