"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...
"vzlion" wrote in message
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I've been following the thread on the U-234 and was most intetested in
the statement that there was a Me262 on board. Can anyone provide any
substantial evidence of this, other than the statement that there was
one on board? And if there was one on board what happened to it? I
would assume that if there was one aboard that it remained in Navy
hands. There doesn't appear to be any Navy records of it.

Walt


There was no complete Me-262, there were components for
one. The cargo was carried in multiple containers fitted in
place of the mines the type normally carried.

Given that the sllies captured hundreds of intact Me-262's
many in flyable condition I doubt much was done with these bits.

Keith

To be more exact there were 240 tons of German documents and war
materials aboard U-234. The war material included 560 kg of Uranium
Oxide, jet & rocket components for missiles and aircraft, the latest
proximity fuses and AP shells, a complete pressurized pilot's chamber,
and various other stocks of strategic materials along with components
to various guidance systems.
The boat also carried several Messerschmitt engineers with documents
on the latest jet aircraft... but no complete aircraft, just
components in storage containers.

Rob