The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Port cockpit side forward instrument sub panel for an Me 262. Electrical fittings, wiring, knobs, switches, rubber hoses, metal fittings and hardware are still attached. The uppermost guage recorded fuel. Under that was an oxygen indicator. The two red switches are for the emergency landing flap control lever and for the emergency landing gear. Below these two switches is the oxygen valve. Below that valve is a circular opening which would have held the compressed air pressure gauge. The main Jumo engine throttles passed through the lower (aft) section of the panel. The throttles are still in place on the Memorial's aircraft. Inboard of the throttles were two smaller levers which controlled fuel tank selection. These are also stll in place on the aircraft. The panel retains its original grey/green paint.
Donated by the Air Ministry, 1945. It is not yet clear as to whether this panel came from the Memorial's aircraft (which is missing this panel).
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2, cantilever low wing monoplane with twin axial flow jet engines. All metal, stressed skin construction. Retractable tricycle undercarriage, single spar, one piece wing attached
Lozenge shaped aluminium bomb rack, painted light grey with electrical fittings. This type of bomb pylon was used to carry a single 250 kilogram aerial bomb. The Me262 in the collection of the Memo
Lozenge shaped aluminium bomb rack, painted light grey with electrical fittings. This type of bomb pylon was used to carry a single 250 kilogram aerial bomb. The Me262 in the collection of the Memo
The Riedel motor is a small two cylinder, two cycle horizontally opposed petrol engine which develops 10 hp at 6,000 rpm. An electrical junction box with a bakelite cover is fitted to the front of the
Messerschmitt Me 163 B1 Komet rocket fighter. It is a single-seat, single engine swept wing tail-less rocket-powered interceptor fighter aircraft. The armament is 2 x Mk 108 30 mm cannon, mounted o
This instrument is contained in a double bowl shaped vessel that is held in place by being bolted to a top plate that in turn is mounted in a gimbal. This allows the instrument to swing North-South. T
